Just Like This
I woke up just in time, I’m wide awake
I’ve been looking for an off ramp I can take
Missed too many chances, there’s nowhere left to run
The writing’s on the wall, the time has come
I’ve been searching for an answer
I’ve been looking for a glimpse
I’ve been waiting for a moment just like this
I’ve been running from my demons
I’ve been circling my bliss
I’ve been looking for a reason just like this
Waiting for a moment just like this
Now I’m focused on the things that I ignored
Wipe the slate clean, zero out the board
I’ve lost so many pieces, I didn’t think I’d find
But they’re right here in this brand-new state of mind
(Chorus 2)
Just like this, it finally fits
Just like this, I can’t resist
I’ve been waiting for a moment just like this
(Chorus 3)
I’m shooting at a target I can’t miss
Chasing Yesterday
I feel the ravages of time
The memories start to intertwine
This place that used to be a shrine
Now I'm a refugee, evicted from the past
I'm always chasing yesterday
Trying to find my way back when
This black and white is turning grey
Chasing yesterday again
I'm finally feeling the effects
Can't find a road that intersects
No use retracing all my steps
There's no one else to blame, I've stolen from myself
Chorus 2 – Breakdown
The past is always calling
Whispers in my ear
Murmuring sweet nothings
Words I want to hear
Always looking backwards
It's hard to turn away
I just keep on chasing yesterday
Guitar Solo
Castaway just a refugee
Who's evicted from the past
Chorus 3
Cross That Line
There's a place in the interior of your soul
Where the secrets adding up can take a toll
The temptation to believe the lies you tell yourself
Always, everytime
When you cross that line
When you get off track
Once you cross that line
You can't go back
Balance the illusion till it falls
What the axe forgets the tree it still recalls
And the hole is getting deeper so you tell yourself
Only one more/last time
Chorus
You surrender and bend your intentions
They shifted and drifted away
Intro
Chorus X 2
Hard to Pretend
I gave away way more of myself
Then I'm ever getting back
Now there's a hole deep inside my soul
I'm a stranger in a strange strange land
I'm just trying to make it through the day
But it's hard to pretend
Just a simulated smile
Now it's hard to remember to pretend
So, bum me a cigarette, buy me a beer
Then we can talk about why you think I'm here
I can't go forward, I won't go back
I've been listening for a long long time
Every word I try to disregard
Chorus - Instrumental
I'm always bluffing, putting on an act
Before I speak my mind, I carefully redact
I'm left with nothing, time and time again
It's so hard to pretend
I gave away way more of myself
Then I'm never ever never ever getting back
Chorus
Different Highways
There’s a place I’m never going, and a song I’ll never sing
There’s different ways of looking at exactly the same thing
The revolving door you stand before is always open wide
But I don’t need a ride
We're on very different highways, that never intersect
Very different highways, on two roads that don't connect
Adamantly distant, we’ll never feel the same
All the missing pieces in this endless daisy chain
Our common ground is broken down, won’t get very far
We both know where we are
We're on very different highways, that lead us far apart
Very different highways, we both know the way by heart
Just save your breath cause I don’t need a seminar
I’ve heard it all before, the same old repertoire
Instrumental/Build
Chorus 1
Chorus 2
Misdirected, unconnected highways
You go yours and I'll go mm mm my way
Very different highways we are on
The place to flip a bitch has come and gone
Where The Sky Meets the Ocean
Miles away, another day I hear it calling
The road's never straight, oh I've been waiting for a sign
Running to my Pacific state of mind
I'll be right where the sky meets the ocean
I'll be free when the sea hits the sand
Only one way to go, I'll follow that road
I won't stop till I run out of land
Long overdue, endless blue on the horizon
The tide's rolling in, it'll wash away the life I left behind
Writing myself a brand-new story line
Chorus - Guitar Solo - Breakdown
Miles away, from yesterday
Now I'm right where the sky meets the ocean
I feel free when the sea hits the sand
Oh I'm right where the sky meets the ocean
If you need me you know where I am
There was one way to go, so I followed that road
And I stopped when I ran out of land
Where the sea hits the sand
Miles away, from yesterday
I’ll be right where the sky meets the ocean
I’ll be free where the sea hits the sand
I’ll be right where the sky meets the ocean
I’ll be free where the sea hits the sand
Sometimes I Forget
The outcome of a reckless vow
The meaning slipped away somehow
It's hard to see the motive now at all
The slippery slope that led to this
Then and now don't co-exist
The message that I missed I don't recall
Didn't see the changes coming
Blinded by the slow reveal
In the shadows of a silhouette
Sometimes I forget it's just a memory
Sometimes I forget I'm not the man I used to be
Looking for a substitute
I could use a parachute
Yesterday is absolutely gone
Now it's all just fuzzy pictures
Playing back the highlight reel
Pause on every frame that I regret
Sometimes I forget I'm not the same old me
Sometimes I forget I'm not the man I used to be
Sometimes I forget, sometimes I forget
Guitar Solo
Sometimes I can't tell the difference
The bottom or the mountaintop
There's nothing I can do to make it stop
To make it stop, to make it stop
In the shadows of a silhouette
The sun has set
Sometimes I forget it's just a memory
Sometimes I forget I'm not the same old me
Sometimes I forget I'm not the man I used to be
I forget I'm not the man I used to be
Frequent Flyer
I can't portray a way I've never felt
I can only play the cards that I was dealt
I'm a prisoner to these vices)
A desire that entices me away, everyday
Like a long train runnin, I can feel it comin on
Love to play with fire, I'm a frequent flyer
I can't live without it, there's no doubt about it now
Only one desire, I'm a frequent flyer
I can only see what I can see
I'm not looking for the man I'll never be
I'm relentless and persistent
I surrender my resistance every night
Without a fight
(Chorus 2)
Say hello again, say hello
Here I go again, here I go
(Breakdown)
The cards that I was dealt
There's a moral to the story
That I've never figured out
(Chorus 3-4)
Misunderstood
I started way too soon way back when
Ended up too late again
It's hard to find the words
If these walls could talk, I'd listen
Try to find the point I'm missing
Rituals die hard
I misunderstood
Wishful thoughts don't make it true
Oh and I misunderstood it all again
I wish someone would have told me
No one took the time to show me, I'm
Learning as I go
I misunderstood
I didn't see the consequences
I misunderstood it all again
And all the chances that I missed
It's all been leading up to this
If these walls could talk
I misunderstood
Decisions that I can't take back
Oh and I misunderstood it all again
I misunderstood
I played both sides against the middle (or)
In one ear and out the other
I misunderstood it all again
Misunderstood, I misunderstood
Can't come to terms with the past
I misunderstood
Trying Not to Look
Running down a beaten path, how'd I end up here again
I don't need another round, zero out and zero in
Let it go I've had enough, playing all the cat and mouse
Walk away from all the smoke, burning down the firehouse
Landmines, ten times, out of ten
I keep trying not to look, it's so hard to turn away
Being dragged into a game, oh that I don't wanna play
I keep trying not to look
I imitate myself again, trying on a new disguise
What woulda, coulda, shoulda been, I don't wanna visualize
There's not a better point of view, it's easier to look away
The lies are always coming true, a never ending rainy day
Bullseye, shanghai, every time
I keep trying not to look, nothing here for me to see
Being dragged off to a place, that I don't ever wanna be
I keep trying not to look
(Guitar Solo)
I keep closing my eyes, but it won't go away
I'm reading this world like a book
I keep trying not to look...
Chorus
The Weakest Man Alive
Sometimes it's right to be wrong, just play along and don't get rattled
Pick your battles, not the ones that got away
Sometimes it's wrong to be right, there's no black or white
We're all corrupted, interrupted, all the words we meant to say
And if the lines drawn, I'll walk right across it
I won't hold back, like a leaky faucet
Oh I'm the weakest man alive, king of the bad decisions
Oh I'm the weakest, weakest man alive
Buying and selling fear that's not for sale, it's just a fairytale
Made out of nothing, always bluffing, and the truth gets in the way
I hear the tick tock and there's not much longer
I'm too worn out to be any stronger
Oh I'm the weakest man alive, on the path of the least resistance
Oh I'm the weakest, weakest man alive
Instrumental Break
I'm committed and devout, the easy way is my way out
The bad decisions of the weakest man alive
Guitar Solo
And if the lines drawn, I'll walk right across it
I won't hold back, like a leaky faucet
Overloaded overdrive
Oh I'm the weakest man alive, and the king of the bad decisions
Oh I'm the weakest, weakest man alive
Oh I'm the weakest man alive, on the path of the least resistance
Oh I'm the weakest man alive, underdriven overdrive
Oh I'm the weakest, weakest man alive
Outro
Sometimes it's right to be wrong
The World We Left Behind
Picking up the pieces of what's left of the plan
Feels like it's over before it began
Holding on so tight as it slips through your hands
Cloudy memories of another time
Back there in the world we left behind
Another day that slipped away
We're running out of time
Looking for a place we'll never find
What could have been, what should have been
It fades away with time
It's back there in the world we left behind
Another day that slipped/slips away
We're running out of time
What could have been is back there in
The world we left behind
What could have been is back there in
The world we left behind
Until We Meet Again
Days slip away in a flash
Time always goes by so fast
Years disappear in the blink of an eye
Sorry I'm going away
We'll meet up on some other day
We're just temporarily saying goodbye
Until we meet again
The distance is only for now
Until we meet again
Turnaround
I’m gone but the bond doesn’t change
Our hearts are apart but the same
The feeling remains on for here ever after
2nd Chorus - Guitar Solo
Frozen in time
Shining and blinding
The distance is only for now... just for now
Intro - 3rd Chorus – Intro - 4th Chorus - Outro/Guitar Solo
A light begins
Where the darkness ends
Let it shine, yours and mine
Til we meet again
Don't let go
Let the memories glow
All my love, peace and love
Til we meet again