A Better Place, A Better Time

Album: Everything Goes Numb (2003)
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  • So she wakes up
    In time to brake 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-ow-ow-ow, and she said so-o-o-o
    I want to panic but I've had it so I go-o-o-o
    You don't owe anything to anyone
    But don't take your life
    Cause its all that you've got
    You'd be better off just up and leaving
    If you don't think they will stop

    And when you wake up
    Everything is gonna be fine
    I guarantee you wake in a better place, and in a better time
    So you're tired of living
    You feel like you might give in, well don't
    It's not your time

    Flipping through the paper today
    Looking for a specific page
    Don't want to find her full name followed by dates
    Cause when I left her alone she made a sound like a moan
    "Your known by everyone for everything you've done"
    Fuck buying flowers for grave,
    I'd rather buy you a oneway non-stop to anywhere
    Find anyone, do anything, forget and start again, love
    She said she won't go, it hurts to much, to stand by
    You've got to stop and draw a line
    Everyone here has to choose a side, tonight,
    The moment of truth is haunting you
    Don't forget your family regardless of what you choose to do
    You can't decide, and they're all screaming "why won't you?"
    I'll start the engine, but I can't take this ride for you
    I'll draw your bath and I'll load your gun
    But I hope so bad that you'll bathe and hunt

    Anni's tired of forgetting about today and always planning for tomorrow
    (tomorrow) tomorrow Annie says
    "The saddest I came across was when I learned that life goes on without me"
    (without me) without me Annie says
    "If everyone has someone else and I ain't got nobody's love to save me"
    (to save me) to save me Annie says
    "I think I'll pass away tonight cause it seems I'll never get it right if it's just me"
    (just me) just me Annie says

    And when you wake up
    Everything is gonna be fine
    I guarantee that you'll wake in a betterplace, in a better time
    So you're tired of living
    You feel like you might give in, well don't
    It's not your time

    Annie says she wouldn't mind if they never find a cure for all her problems
    (her problems) her problems Annie says
    As long as she has someone near to make it clear she does not need to solve them
    (to solve them) to solve them Annie says
    "Oh this loneliness is killing me, it's filling me with anger and resentment,"
    (resentment) resentmen Annie says,
    "I'm turning into someone that I never thought I'd have to be again"

    And when you wake up
    Everything is gonna be fine
    I guarantee that you'll wake in a betterplace, in a better time
    So you're tired of living
    You feel like you might give in, well don't
    It's not your time

    Annie's tired of forgetting about today and always planning for tomorrow
    Tomorrow Annie says
    "The saddest I came across was when I learned that life goes on without me
    Without me Annie says
    "If everyone has someone else and I ain't got nobody's love to save me
    (to save me) to save me Annie says
    I think I'll pass away tonight cause it seems I'll never get it right right if it's just mejust me Annie says

    And when you wake up
    Everything is gonna be fine
    I guarantee that you'll wake in a betterplace, in a better time
    So you're tired of living
    You feel like you might give in, well don't
    It's not your time

    And even if it was, oh, I wouldn't let you go
    You could run run run run, but I will follow close
    Someday you will say "that's it, that's all"
    But I'll be waiting there with open arms to break your fall
    I know that you think that you are on your own
    But just know that I am here and I'll lead you home
    If you let me she said forget me but I can't Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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