he's making a lap around the block he knows so well
he's taking a chance that he might stand where he once fell
he's getting in fighting shape, again
sometimes I feel like I'm right back there in the dark
then I remember it's my choice to leave a mark
I'm getting in fighting shape, again
it's muscle memory
it lives in you and me
fighting shape
we're getting in fighting shape, again
don't buy the narrative that you are not okay
hold onto what you know and keep that PMA
Tragedy Chaser
(Lyrics by Jesse Michaels)
we never could be synchronized swims
you splash too hard
I never go wide, but you will not stop
'til something's scarred
drunk on crazy
reasons hazy
you get left for dead
I like waiting
calm debating
problems in my head
tragedy chaser
dramas amaze her
she'll search the world for losing odds
she says, "you're better buried
than ordinary"
lift off and crash with clumsy gods
clumsy gods
slow to the last train
walking in flames beneath the wires
show you a good stain
you will remain on blown-out tires
others run from enemy guns
from piles of burning cars
you run towards them
kind of hoard them
I like my stars the way they are
tragedy chaser
dramas amaze her
she'll search the world for losing odds
she says, "you're better buried
than ordinary"
lift off and crash with clumsy gods
clumsy gods
but you scare me when you dare me to release the bombs
you like heroes dead like Nero, I like mine dead calm
tragedy chaser
dramas amaze her
she'll search the world for losing odds
she says, "you're better buried
than ordinary"
lift off and crash with clumsy gods
clumsy gods
Berlin
I gained my freedom
and moved around until I found somewhere that I
wouldn't be defined
by who I tried to be before
sometimes we fall
just like that wall in Berlin
it stood to keep people in
you stated how you feel, and you swear you're right
but all the brutal beliefs, they don't line up with mine
one case of treason
and your life is colored for the rest of your dark days
I wouldn't be defined
by all the shame our people breed
sometimes we rise
just like that wall in Berlin
it stood to keep people in
you stated how you feel, and you swear you're right
but all the brutal beliefs, they don't line up with mine
my leaving was more political than material
my leaning was more political than material
my reasons were more political than material
meine gedanken waren alle meine
like that wall in Berlin
it stood to shut out and keep people in
I know how you feel, I know you think you're right
but all your hateful beliefs, they don't add up to life
they don't add up to mine
like the wall in Berlin
it don't add up to life.
Swan Dive
(Written by Jay Joyce)
I wish I believed every single word you said
I wish John Lennon weren't dead
he made a cool soldier
angel dust on Terminal Tower
giving me super human power
so you wanna swan dive
no one's pushing you
goodbye, goodbye
I'm going downtown
I hear the whistles and the sirens
from coming way downtown
up from the top of the terminal tower
it's a quick way down, quick way down
angel dust on Terminal Tower
giving me super human power
so you wanna swan dive
no one's pushing you
goodbye, goodbye
I'm going downtown
angel dust on Terminal Tower
giving me super human power
