ORDINARY LOVE
THE BROKEN VIEW
2. SOMETHING YOU CAN GIVE YOURSELF
1. HEART OF GLASS
I dream about you
What can I do
But wonder if I should
Moments still pass
Through this heart of glass
And they never looked so good
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And I need to know why
Why anyone would leave you here
And I need to know
Why anyone would leave you at all
Cause you wear me out and wear me well
(Come to think of it)
It just might be myself
But how the hell would I know that
It’s over now and I can’t help
(Overthinking it)
But wonder how it felt
To know there’s no going back
(Come to think of it, come to think of it)
Was it fools gold
I borrowed and sold
To mitigate my fear
Of opening my eyes
To another sunrise
And lament the nights you appear
(Lament the nights you appear)
And I need to know why
Why anyone would leave you here
And I need to know
Why anyone would leave you at all
(You at all, you at all)
Cause you wear me out and wear me well
(Come to think of it)
It just might be myself
But how the hell would I know that
It’s over now and I can’t help
(Overthinking it)
But wonder how it felt
To know there’s no going back
(Come to think of it, come to think of it)
Caught up in a mess I made
Who am I to judge
And am I enough to live this life in stride
Cut off all circulation to my heart
Been garnered from the start
And beveled by who I am not
And who I wanna be
Could I ever see a sunrise and no squint my eyes
Because I overindulge
To remind me what loneliness tastes like
Til it all unfolds
And I won’t fight
You’ve given enough, I’ve taken your love for granted
And it feels right
To give you up cause I understand it’s
What’s better for you
What’s better for you
I’ll win this time
with or without you
Release me now
I will let go too
And who I will be
Is never out of reach
But time flies
Never compromises
And it fades like a pulse
To recollect the folly of insight
Til it all goes cold
And I won’t fight
You’ve given enough, I’ve taken your love for granted
And it feels right
To give you up cause I understand it’s
What’s better for you
And I won’t fight
(Caught up in a mess I made)
And it feels right
(Caught up in a mess I made)
To give you up cause I understand it’s
What’s better for you
What’s better for you
What’s better for you
What’s better for you
Confined in the place where I can do no harm
I’d risk my life every night to hold you in my arms
No truer lie has ever felt as right as the one I tell
Whenever I am bitter inside cause you never felt… the same
So, think it over
When do we get closer
We’ll take it slower
In search of some kind of closure
When we get closer
Open your eyes, see the mess that I am when you’re gone
It isn’t nice thinking about it twice, knowing I’m the one
Who never pries even when it’s the right thing to do
And you drive me lightweight wild and you know it true
So think it over
When do we get close
We’ll take it slower
In search of some kind of closure
When we get closer
4. BETTER FOR YOU
Love
Start me like a wildfire
Oh, love
Keep me on the ropes while I’m begging for disaster
But I never
knew what I was looking for
Until I saw forever
A vision of what I had once before
Don’t wait for anything or anybody else
It might feel like it is all wrong
But you’ll see that what you really want
Is something you can give yourself
Love
Shock me like a live wire
Oh, love
Lead me like a ghost in our sadly ever after, after
Oh,
Don’t wait for anything or anybody else
You might feel like it is all wrong
But you’ll see that what you really want
Is something you can give yourself
Oh,
Don’t wait for anything or anybody else
It might feel as if it’s all gone wrong
But you’ll see that what you really want
Is something you can give yourself
5. THE FOOL
3. CLOSER
6. NEED A FRIEND
I don’t want to hurt you
But ever time I lie awake
Your silence is a virtue
That I can’t seem to shake
That’s my kind a woman
And baby it’s a crying shame
Is it even worth it
I’d ask myself the same
You’re losing all your sleep tonight
For one more desperate hour of time
Called me up and said I want to be somewhere close to you but not too close
You said it once
You’ll say it again
I ain’t in love but I need a friend
Called me up and said I want to be somewhere close to you but not too close
It ain’t enough
And I can’t pretend
That I ain’t in love but I need a friend
And waiting is the hard part
To get a sense of how you feel
It’s a matter of a fools heart
To believe it’s something real
My thoughts are true
My heart is on my sleeve
What else can I do
You brought me to my fucking knees
Called me up and said I want to be somewhere close to you but not too close
You said it once
You’ll say it again
I ain’t in love but I need a friend
Called me up and said I want to be somewhere close to you but not too close
It ain’t enough
And I can’t pretend
That I ain’t in love but I need a friend
I ain’t in love, no I ain’t in love
But I need a friend
Pick up the phone
And let’s get out of here
You don’t want to be alone
It’s what you’ve been dying to hear
Called me up and said I want to be somewhere close to you but not too close
You said it once
You’ll say it again
I ain’t in love but I need a friend
Called me up and said I want to be somewhere close to you but not too close
It ain’t enough
And I can’t pretend
That I ain’t in love but I need a friend
I ain’t in love no I ain’t in love
(Somewhere close to you but not too close)
I ain’t in love but I need a friend
Define emotion
And try to hold it in
Cause you and I
Yeah, we know better to look
Before we leap
But in spite of all this
I light the moments
Up like a fire
And trade these eyes for blinders
So I can finally unsee you
Tie a knot, carry on
Like you never knew
What it was like to Lose what’s left of you
Pitiful lies keep fucking it up
When you realize it’s never enough
Follow that up with a loveless generation
Driven by lust and a godlike complex
Cynical lines; written in blood
Deconstruct the foundation
Don’t waste your time
Cause I’m not ready to learn
What I am running from
You said, “a fool by design”
With no bridge left to burn
Your eyes are open
But cold and hopeless
And I have tried
But you don’t know what it took
For me to curb my devotion
Through all the bullshit
And my desire
Lights up the night so bright
Until I can see though
What you want and what you refuse to understand
I cannot watch you hurt yourself again
Typical prize is your fucking mistrust
You and your pride think I am unjust
Follow that up with a one-sided conversation
Driven by what you say I’ve taken out of context
Critical fights that will never be one
Subliminal cries of desperation
I won’t waste my time
Cause you’re not ready to learn
What you are running from
You’re a fool by design
With no bridge left to burn
Come in closer
(Come in closer)
Help me understand you
(Help me understand you)
The worst is over
(The worst is over)
If you can withstand the truth
(If you can withstand the truth)
I’m down on my luck not out of my mind
I’ve never been one to settle in spite I
I don’t need you to change a thing
I’m only asking you to hear me
I remember every word that you ever spoke
Still I’m wondering, what’s best for me alone
And only you can be the one
To make that choice before we come undone
Don’t waste your time
(I won’t waste my time)
Cause I’m not ready to learn
(Cause you’re not ready to learn)
What I am running from
(Running from)
You’re a fool by design
(A fool by design)
With no bridge left to burn
(With no bridge left to burn)
(No bridge left to burn, no bridge left)
(No bridge left to burn, no bridge left)
(No bridge left to burn, no bridge left)
(No bridge left to burn, no bridge left)
8. THE MORNING
I never called you in the morning
Never knew what to say
It’s so unlike me to stay
If it hurts just to see me
Then just walk away
I get so jealous these days
Sometimes it’s hard to leave
But don’t get lost on me
The time is all I grieve
To be the one you need
And oh how beautiful it must be
To love someone like you used to love me
No matter how beautiful it may seem
I am a fool for you and that’s on me
I never called you in the morning
Oh, cause I knew what you’d say
Oh, we’d been drinking all night
It didn’t mean a thing
Oh, Would you give me a break
And let me say what I say
Sometimes it’s hard to leave
But don’t get lost on me
The time is all I need
To be the one you grieve
And oh how beautiful it must be
To love someone like you used to love me
But now matter how beautiful it may seem
I am a fool for you and that’s on me
And that’s on me
I know, I know
It’s too late for a one night stand off
I’ve never been quick on the draw, it’s true
You engraved this right into my heart
Yes, I’m a fool for you too
And oh how beautiful it must be
To love someone like you used to love me
But now matter how beautiful it may seem
I am a fool for you and that’s on me
And that’s on me
Hey yeah, I know
7. ORDINARY LOVE
I think I saw a photograph
Of what has yet to come of us
Cause in your arms I’m holding back
Tears for everything it was
So tell me what it feels like
Over in your state of mind
Oh, cause in this statement I
Have fallen just to satisfy
The laws of ordinary love
(Ordinary love)
Ordinary love
(These are the words that we’re meant to write)
Ordinary love
(Ordinary love)
Ordinary Love
(Stand up and say goodbye)
I wished upon a fallen star
Before it burnt to fast for us
So understand you misunderstood
Everything that I thought you would
Now you’ll say anything
To get what you want
But I am no better than you are
I have my faults, I know what they are
But wanting more out of love is not one
So tell me what it feels like
Over in your state of mind
Oh, cause in this statement I
Have fallen just to satisfy
The laws of ordinary love
(Ordinary love)
Ordinary love
(These are the words that we’re meant to write)
Ordinary love
(Ordinary love)
Ordinary Love
(Stand up and say goodbye)
So tell me what it feels like
Over in your state of mind
Oh, cause in this statement I
Have fallen just to satisfy
The laws of ordinary love
(Ordinary love)
Ordinary love
(These are the words that we’re meant to write)
Ordinary love
(Ordinary love)
Ordinary Love
(Stand up and say goodbye)
(These are the words that we’re meant to write)
(Say goodbye)
The laws of ordinary love
(Ordinary love)
Ordinary love
Ordinary love
(Ordinary love)
Ordinary Love
9. IN TOO DEEP
Desperate
Momentarily absent
If only we could forfeit
Our minds and our bodies
For something more fucking precious
Like the time you waste
To make and about face
And never change anything about yourself
Bury this hope
I’m theory, I cope
We fall in too deep
No coming up for air now
The walls begin to speak
In words we can understand now
Faced with
A real reason to get out of bed
If only I was so vacant
I would know what I do with my heart
And all the holes in it
You can do so much better than you ever knew
Heed the truth when the pressure gets the better of you
Push it out like a splinter underneath your skin
Scream and shout til your lungs give out what you keep in
We fall in too deep
No coming up for air now
The walls begin to speak
In words we can understand now
Bury this hope
In theory, I cope
We fall in too deep
No coming up for air now
The walls begin to speak
In words we can understand now
We fall in too deep
No coming up for air now
The walls begin to speak
In words we can understand now
11. I'LL BE THERE
(YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO ASK)
Your heart has got you down
Cause you prefer the way you look when there is no one else around
I’ve seen you tremble at the sight of all that you could live without
You’re better off not being torn between your faith and what you doubt
Cause you’re crying so loud
If you need a moment
To think it over
I want it to be the last
Cause we’re only getting older
And if you falter, I’ll
Be there and you’ll never have to ask
Now I know what you want
I chased your reticence until I caught the cat that got your tongue
So don’t hesitate to say anything cause you’re the one I trust
Enough to hold what I was convinced I had forever lost
This heart of mine, love
If you need a moment
To think it over
I want it to be the last
Cause we’re only getting older
And if you falter, I’ll
be there and you’ll never have to ask
And there’s an ocean
Of our emotions, yeah
Between us and the past
But we follow our devotion
So unspoken and I’ll
Be there and you’ll never have to ask
If you need a moment
To think it over
I want it to be the last
Cause we’re only getting older
And if you falter, I’ll
(If you falter I’ll)
be there and you’ll never have to ask
And there’s an ocean
Of our emotions, yeah
Between us and the past
But we follow our devotion
So unspoken and I’ll
Be there and you’ll never have to ask
I’ll be there and you’ll never have to ask
I’ll be there and you’ll never have to ask
10. DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH
I could write a million songs about it
And hope the wind carries a word to you
But you never really cared about it
In fact, I really think there is no use cause
It’s not that I don’t understand
It’s that you keep embarrassing yourself
And even if there was a last ditch effort
To get along I’d get gone before I get lost on you
(To get along, I’d get gone)
Be fore I get lost on you
Don’t hold your breath
Let it all out
Take a step
Back to the now
Call it quits
Call it anything
That you want
But don’t call me
You will ask for something I cannot give
And I’ll admit to everything I never did
Don’t hold your breath
Let it all out
Take a step
Back to the now
Anomalous is my ambition
Suspended in disbelief I
Don’t believe in superstition
In this life, I’m all I ever need to be
(You had me feeling like I wasn’t good enough)
In this life, I’m all I ever need to be
(You had me feeling like I wasn’t good enough)
In this life I’m, in this life I’m
Don’t hold your breath
Let it all out
Take a step
Back to the now
Call it quits
Call it anything
That you want
But don’t call me
You will ask for something I cannot give
And I’ll admit to everything I never did
Don’t hold your breath
Let it all out
Take a step
Back to the now
Forgetting nothing, agitation always had a way with words
With callous comfort I won’t take it out on you and now just
Get me out of here
(Get me out of here)
Get me out of here
(Get me out of here)
Get me out, just get me out
Don’t hold your breath
Let it all out
Take a step
Back to the now
Call it quits
Call it anything
That you want
But don’t call me
You will ask for something I cannot give
And I’ll admit to everything I never did
Don’t hold your breath
Let it all out
Take a step
Back to the now
(You had me feeling like I wasn’t good enough)
Just get me out, get me out
(You had me feeling like I wasn’t good enough)
And I’ll admit to everything I never did
(You had me feeling like I wasn’t good enough)
So just get me, get me out
(You had me feeling like I wasn’t good enough)
12. THE WEIGHT OF YOUR WORLD
This won’t take too long
I admit that I was wrong
To think I could ever make
These thoughts go awake
It’s apart of who I am
That much, I understand
And I’ll never be ashamed
As I do embrace
Light,
It disappears
Then fades to black
(Fades to black)
Night,
Relive my fears
No turning back
(Turning back)
There’s comfort in this cold
A message to my old
Ways in which I once loved
And to who I once was
Destined to overthink
Til under the world I sink
And I’ll do whatever it takes
As I still embrace
Light,
It disappears
Then fades to black
(Fades to black)
Night,
Relive my fears
No turning back
Turning back from this
I was too weak to see all this at first
No body said how low
I could get until it started to hurt
Everyone I know
So do what you can or do nothing at all
I’m still waiting for time to pass
Til I can see in ways that you always said were so perfectly mine to have
When starving for closure is all that you know
You long to be closer with nothing to show for it
And when no one sees you, in the end you must carry the weight of your world in your own
(Cause you wear me out and wear me well)
(It just might be myself)
(Come to think of it, come to think of it)
Life,
It reappears
No turning back
Turing back