Streetlight Manifesto

You, you try, you try to get by, you’re never going to pull it off, you shouldn't even try. You're a wet cigarette, you’re always second best, they're never going to give a shit about anybody but themselves. So you fight for them to realize, there's more to li...

Well I know I shouldn't care, But I do and I don't, And I always crack a smile, When I see your punk rock clothes, And you try, try, but you never fit in, And you're never going to so pack it up, pack it in, so there. Steve took three or four, Heather took mo...

So she wakes up In time to break down She left a note up on the dresser And she's right on time You don't know anything Right or wrong I said I know And she said so I want to panic But I've had it So I go You don't owe anything to anyone But don't...

a moment of silence please for those who never get the chance they show up to the party but they're never asked to dance the losers the liars the bastards the thieves the cynicists, the pessimists and those that don't believe in nothing i never met a loser th...

I never did lose a battle, but I'm feeling further from the end of war. Deplored, ignored, and rarely ever self assured. Why does it seem the ones who have everything have nothing inside? nothing inside I don't sleep anymore, I gave it up, because wh...

She was diagnosed on a Friday, The kids were almost home, The kids were on their way back home from school, Lying face down in the gutter, Of unaccomplished dreams, And broken memories of things to come. "Sorry ma'am, I really am. I had to break the news. I ha...

I left my country when I was nineteen 1925 And drifted to a town on the Cuban coast Met a woman who became my life And oh when I saw her Darkness fled from me And flew like a blackbird into the sun On the day she married me Dear god But now the drumbirds come...

I don't want to barge in on your secrecy (see) Dependency (see) It means nothing to me; I don't want to hear about your problems. And I don't want to listen to your apathy (see) You're not like me (see) You mean nothing to me; That cash doesn't make you any g...

Run, run, run all you do is fucking run, But you'll never run away from yourself. I know it's hard but you've been there before, and you know you're gonna be there again. I don't care what the stars may say because they always feed their bullshit to me. It's k...

If I were you, I would take this as a sign Believe it's true, we were never meant to fly And I owe you, I know you more than anyone alive And I will not let go They will not remember this song No matter what we do we'll be wrong They will not remember t...

And the story goes like this: Everything went numb for the money and the guns, and everytime he'd think it out: "there's nothing to worry about get in the van, don't deviate from the plan if everything goes smooth then you'll walk away a rich man" so it begin...

you say you've got the cure but i don't have a disease and you say you've got the answers but i've made no inquiries and you're failing, you're bailing good god motherfucker now i hear you flailing i see you flailing that's right i think i do i see yo...

And it's been forty days I've tried forty ways You will never quite leave your sins behind They'll haunt you, taunt you until the day you die You will never really go You'll just think about it much but you'll need to know how the story ends, so you'll...

I got no cash, got no girl, got the world in the palm of my hand, I don’t care if you care, or if you understand, cause I’m a little kid and I’ve got little problems yeah, and I don’t give a shit if you don’t even understand, I got me (But I got me) That’s all...

In the afterlife You could be headed for the serious strife Now you make the scene all day But tomorrow there'll be Hell to pay People listen attentively I mean about future calamity I used to think the idea was obsolete Until I heard the old man stamping his...

How did Camus really die that night? Were they right? When he died was it really his time? Or was it suicide? And Holden Caulfield is a friend of mine We go drinking from time to time and I find, it gets harder every time Back Off! You're out on the street ag...

Don't you come to me with all your color-coded quotes Everybody's laughing but they never ever get my jokes Fool, you're a tool, a sheep And it's obvious to everyone but company you keep And don't you squint at me because your childhood was the pits Every sin...

When you were born you were not alone Nothing was carved into the stone Quite yet but don't forget You heard someone say it won't get better than this That was the sound of your father As he held you up to your mother No one will ever know The love as p...

Can't get the stink off He's been hanging round for days Comes like a comet Suckered you but not your friends One day he'll get to you And teach you how to be a holy cow You do it to yourself, you do And that's what really hurts Is that you do it to yourself...

It was the summer of 95 (so what!) In the backyard, shaving the old plies Feeling so strong (strong!), something went wrong (wrong!) Straight into my finger, what a stinger, it was so long I still remember that day, like the day that I said that I swear "I'll...

Not long ago in my high school days, I watched a girl from so far away, But every time she passed me by, I turned my head away and quietly sighed. And when she walked by her hair would dance, A secret tango that only I could understand, And when she’d ask me f...

Possesions never meant anything to me I'm not crazy Well that's not true, I've got a bed, and a guitar And a dog named Bob who pisses on my floor That's right, I've got a floor So what, so what, so what? I've got pockets full of kleenex and lint and hole...

The mama pajama rolled out of bed And she ran to the police station When the papa found out he began to shout And he started the investigation It's against the law It was against the law What the mama saw It was against the law The mama looked down and spit o...

Woe is me I swear that we had it but everyone wouldn't agree That we never had a thing Our dying words will be exaggerations Of what we said and what we did The ticking of the clock Eventually it stops [Chorus] Oh me oh my Goodness gracious what a...

I still remember that night it was the fourth of July It's still engraved in my mind and I'm not surprised. Gang wars no guns hand to hand. You're black I'm white he's purple but I still don't understand. I'm going to be alright I'm going to be okay everything...

It's in the air you breathe and it's also in the water It's something you can't see, you've been warned of by your mothers You've had enough deceit, you know enough to see Join the others When you could hardly breathe, you were wondering why you bothered...

I've got a gun in my hand but that gun won't cock My finger's on the trigger but that trigger seems locked and I can't stop staring at the tick tock clock and even if I could I would never give up. With a vest on my chest, a bullet in my lung I can't believe I...

One Saturday I took a walk to Zipperhead I met a girl there And she almost knocked me dead Punk rock girl please look at me Punk rock girl what do you see? Let's travel round the world Just you and me punk rock girl I tapped her on the shoulder And said do yo...

I should have known you'd bid me farewell There's a lesson to be learned from this and I learned it very well Now I know you're not the only starfish in the sea If I never hear your name again, it's all the same to me And I think it's gonna be all right Yeah,...

Sick and sad again, sometimes I'd like the rain to end. Sick and sad again, sometimes I like to stand on my own two feet. Went to the corner of second and main but there was someone there who mentioned that they hoped it would rain forever, forever, so they c...

Come let us make bricks and burn them hard, We'll build a city with a tower for the world and climb so we can reach anything we may propose, anything at all Build me up, tear me down like a skyscraper Build me up, then tear down These joining walls So they ca...

You were gone when we found you You were practically surrounded, you were trapped But the opposition stalled, their blood ran cold When they saw the look of love in your eyes Maybe the times we had, they weren't that bad And everything else was part of t...

I was thinking it's a sign that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images and when we kiss they're perfectly aligned and I have to speculate that God himself did make us into corresponding shapes like puzzle pieces from the clay and true, it may seem like a s...

He wakes up sad again and he wonders when the rain will end, She acts like she don’t care cause to her it’s just a game, that he plays, I’m a super, I’m a nothing, I’m a no one, goin’ nowhere fast, But I don’t care, but I don’t care, I’m a super, I’m a nothing...

And it's too late to leave this life behind Everybody's speaking using words they can't define And it's not my choice but i embrace it nonetheless You brag of your indecency like a monkey beats its chest You brag of your indecency like a monkey beats its chest...

Why do you cry when you know how the story ends? How can you laugh when you know that it hurts your friends? We've all been there once, but you never left This is me coming back to get you out to say goodbye, to make amends I'm not leaving this place Unle...

The blonde lead the blind, but now I begin to see All the things you missed when you were dismissed Because learning always ended at three And time after time, you pass along liability And all the things you say, they only give you away Because you're on...

I felt no guilt till I was caught And I was told that I was guilty And even then I wasn't really sure (yeah yeah) The thing I felt was guilt itself Or maybe it was something else Frustration at the fact that I was ever caught at all I told a lie I multip...

The first time that it came to me I was a young boy, little did I not believe I had a hole in my heart And I was looking for a piece that fit The next time I was privy to The dirty secrets All the little hidden clues And when I added it up I knew a...

So Marigold, my love, you've had too much to drink And I need not remind you, our discount tickets for this sinking ship Take-backs and sweet regrets, that's all that we have left No one is looking out for anyone but number one One to one, two to dance, w...

It doesn't really matter if you lead or follow Everybody's laughing like there's no tomorrow and even if there was, Would you still go following your friends? I don't know where we went wrong, we're still singing those same sad songs "it's my life, not you...

I will never defend the men who make amends with any enemy's friends, I will never pretend. There we were, the three of us, The thief, the king and I. Finally, we were forced to see, We were equals in the night. (Starry, starry night) Looking down between th...

This is a morbid story 'bout a fellow that had to die He had a beautiful wife but he also had a rovin' eye. She planted him by the roadside She planted him by the roadside She planted him by the roadside for all the unfaithful husbands to see Come let me tel...

Did I mention we were dreaming When the devil came to town I was awoken by the screaming But nobody heard a sound And the lies we told at breakfast Will match the lies we had for lunch And the lies we said for dinner, yeah for dinner They’re the talles...

There is a man with no face And a name I don't remember Who lives in a house in the middle of the woods And he said once "Son, don't you ever laugh out loud for they are listening, Yes they are listening Oh you've got to be strong Oh, you've got to keep holdin...

Staring out the window in somebody’s pick up truck, Well I never mind the boredom cause I use I for a crutch, Just to get me to that plane it’s a different state of sane, And every time I try to change I always end out quite the same, Thinking back to happier...

Some day you will grow up and learn to lie Just like your daddy did when he told you no one ever really dies I hope that I'm not there when you realize That those with their nose in the air will never look you in the eye And you will go toe to toe Like D...

Inside my mind there is a man He's always bragging about his plans He says he's never gonna leave (I'm never gonna leave you alone) Despite your efforts to be free Your mind and always you will be At the end of the rope always singing (Woe is me) And...

(hup, hup, hup) Well, hello, how are you, why don’t you pull up a chair, Won't you tell me your story cause I really do care about, Talking, talking, talking away. Here’s to me, to you, to us, To everything hope it never falls apart, And we're talking, talki...

Last night I woke alone with a whisper in my ear (whisper in my ear) Recanting all my aspirations and my fears And when the sun came up that voice had disappeared But it would linger on for years It said: We can't just blame it on our mothers Claim every...

dear mr. gepetto: i hope this finds you well i wrote you this letter because we miss you here in hell well now i know it's hard when you don't know what to think and every single smile us a foil and you're waking up you might try but you won't get by unt...

I once knew a guy, obsessed with the afterlife Oh what a terrible day that was, he realized he'd wasted all his time Time was ticking by, and he'd been left behind And as the clock tick-tocked his heart did stop and everything he had was fucked And we kno...

When I look back, that's when I see everything was wrong And you looked sad, that's when I said I'd write you a song Everybody's got their reasons, everybody's got their ghosts to fear When I look back all I see is I've done something wrong Wrong, wrong w...

I don't know where the sun goes every night, every night. Or where the moon goes, when it's light, when it's light. I don't mind, as long as it's there in time. Oh, as long as they're there in time, I won't mind, I won't mind, I won't mind. No one knows where...

Would you be upset if I told you we were dying? And every cure they gave us was a lie? Oh! They mean it when they say we're dead and doomed And every single symptom brings us closer to the tomb And who will take the credit for our swift impending fall Bec...

A young lady leaves her mother With no one to love her To protect her from the world And I have seen the monsters That will haunt her That’ll tear her all apart And at her gravestone We will remember Just where we were When we knew she would go And...