The Format

One-thousand umbrellas, upturned Couldn't catch all the rain, That drained out of my head When you said we were over and over I cried 'til I floated downstream, To a town they call Misery Uh-huh Misery, Misery, uh-huh, Misery And one-million teacups I...

In a dream that I can't seem to shake she is, she is standing alone by the fence I see tears in her eyes why she cries, I just don't know What a mess that I make of my days then there's you, you're a mess to be made a mess to be made the dream starts to fade...

It feels like you've been asleep for days. The television is on, I can't stay awake. I'll fall down.. again. And when your friends leave, oh they get gone. It's such a pet peeve when you prove me wrong. I'll fall down. And we all fall down. I need to get back...

I think I'm sophisticated 'Cos I'm living my life like a good homosapien But all around me everybody's multiplying Till they're walking round like flies man So I'm no better than the animals sitting in their cages in the zoo man 'Cos compared to the flow...

today’s been a career day, futures made and fortunes lost as I’m standing in the lobby, I’m waiting for the elevator to take me away up to nine or ten, maybe eleven the sound of sirens fading as she whispers in my ear she’s saying, its too late to wish success...

I want it all Even the raindrops won't fall in my way I'm parting the seas I'm setting the standard for living a dream By staying awake And counting the days I'm falling in love by the side of the road Mrs. Math do you always count to thirteen? Holdin...

Don’t you dare Speak for someone you don’t know. They’ll feel it in the back of their throat. We know I can’t construct a poem Cause words like girls get bored and run C’est la vie, I say “I’ve got so many better things” I’ve got nothing, you should see...

Well I made my way back down to the valley Right on past 83rd street That's where we once belonged But I’m gone I swear I’m long gone So give it up, throw your hats in the air And change just as they land, you’re saying "We'll get out of here" Something te...

Can we take the next hour and talk about me? Talk about me, oh we'll talk about me Talk about me, and we'll only talk about me Can we please take this hour and talk about me? And my hatred for corporate magazines You know they don't speak to me The iron...

I’m nicotine I’m coming clean I fooled the crowd when I made it sound like I was more than ready strike up the band deprive my sleep cause there’s no love like apathy the bell that tolls rings loud enough that it should have woke us up I’m trying to find tr...

So the wind that blows across your room Carried cheap perfume onto your dresser It rained for jewelry and for credit cards Two tickets to a film I don't remember One day you'll kiss your rabbits nose, pick up the phone To find I've been turned over And y...

I love Love I love being in love I don't care what it does to me Take these tattered boxes that used to hold your clothes Break them down Build them back up with your bones All you did was construct a mess You're good to me when only flesh You're a m...

we just got to take our time its like nothing really matters, so lets make this moment a crime i know, i know you’re left behind i’ll do my best to feel broke down(i’ll do my best to feel broke down) its been a minute, a second, i’ll wait you to make a sound...

You’ve got flaws that you wont admit yet you tell me its a sin that I don’t believe in God... you traded in your cross for a chance to dance with stars now nothing is sacred ooo I’ve given thought to leaving ooo f-f-f-for some time ooo...

I was on your porch the smoke sank into my skin so i came inside to be with you and we talked all night, about everything we could imagine cause come the morning i'll be gone and as our eyes start to close, i turn to you and i let you know, that i love...

So far from me, stands a man known as disease. He's checking out the hands of the people that he meets. And now, you just don't see me anymore. oh, I've been losing everything. You just don't see me anymore. I'll wait for it. You could be. I would wa...

And you you're gonna walk backwards through the room does that mean I won't see you? it means you'll walk backwards through the room tiffany's crying she's dying to make it out of this hell well I just laugh cuz it was my job to be her help i'm in my b...

All the girls pose the same for pictures All the boys got the same girls hair. Well I am bored cause I feel much older, Look at me as if I got a reason to stare. But you talk so loud, that it calms me down. You're crying, "let's make a toast!" She says...

Forgive me you Cut out again. It seems so easy just to blame The reception. There’s something wrong. I don’t know why Why you, you never say goodnight. So please just leave, You don’t mean that much to me. You keep the ring, I’ll take those Saturdays in bed C...

At the lest come join me Within the belley of the big blue beats Set asail, catch a breeze, And come on Don't forget to fill your suitcase. Now watch it sink, Cause where we're going we don't need a thing. Not a map, or a seed, Cause where we've been...

You, you think it's cool to be crazy I say you wanna stay, which is the point in takin chances And me, i wouldn't call it a sophmore slup, no, i'd say I'm one step closer to bein' just where i want to be Away from this scene, Away from this machine So...

I can't stand to think about A heart so big it hurts like hell Oh my God, I gave my best But for three whole years, it could End like this? Well, do you want to fall apart? I can't stop if you can't start Do you want to fall apart? Well, I could if y...

You could do the laundry I'll come by on Monday You give me the money I'll go buy a ticket On the local lottery We could win the lottery We could go to Vegas and be very happy Ooh oooh ooh oh ooh oh oooh ooh oh oh oh oh [x2] I could be a plumber We...

I'm in envy of addicts You're obsessed with stars Dont, dont you sound So excited youre showing me your vanity Whisper it once, just a little bit C'mon whisper it twice, I cant stand to see the spotlight shine one more night Its killing me to see you (chorus)...

Ooooooooo... Oh no, was it worth it? Starting now I'm starting over I'm gonna sleep with the next person I meet Starting now I'm starting over You swore "together forever" Now you're telling me lies Tell me your words have got no concept of time Ti...

It's your bed Please choose a side I’ll take the one closest to the door And you start to speak The words you try to justify Do far more wrong than anything you do So grab the coat, the keys The tension speaks but we're singing it I'll tap the brake while you...

the chords we play, ways left to communicate these roads are paved with plans we've made and your headboards never felt so safe well they'll reach our graves where your friends and i will kill the lights and hide oh what a nice suprise dont dont tell me...

Well you stole my stole my heart Me, I stole your innocence Well age just ain't so easy to replace And you're bitter cause I always win So how do you make up for it? Go ahead, sleep with every boy in town But you're not a whore, you just don't know who y...