I will probably do an extensive portion of this song if not the whole thing. Need to get it out.
Streetlight Manifesto
A Better Place, A Better Time
So she wakes up
In time to break down
She left a note upon the dresser
And she's right on time
"You don't know anything
Right or wrong."
I said "I know"
And she said "So?"
I want to panic
But I've had it
So I go,
You don't owe anything
To anyone,
But don't take your life
'Cause it's 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 going to be fine
I guarantee that you'll wake in a better place
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.
Looked through the papers today
Looking for a specific page
Don't wanna find her full name
Followed by dates
Cause when I left her alone
She made a sound like a moan:
"You're know by everyone
For everything you've done."
f*ck buying flowers for graves
I'd rather buy you a one-way nonstop
To anywhere do anything find anyone
Forget and start again, love
She says she won't go.
And it hurts too much to stand by
You've gotta stop and draw the line
Everyone here has to choose a side
Tonight
The moment of truth is haunting you
Don't forget your family regardless
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
Annie's tired of forgetting about today
And always planning for tomorrow
Tomorrow, Annie says
"The saddest day I came across
Was when I learned that life goes on
Without me, without me," Annie says
"If everyone has someone else
I ain't got nobody's love to save me
To save me," Annie says,
"I think I'll pass away tonight
Because it seems I'll never get it right
It's just me, it's just me," Annie says.
And when you wake up,
Everything is gonna be fine
I guarantee that you'll wake in a better place
And in a better time
So you're tired of living
Feel like you might give in, well don't
It's not your time.
Annie says that she wouldn't mind
If they never find a cure to all her problems
Her problems, Annie says
As long as she has someone near
To make it clear she doesn't need to solve them
To solve them, Annie says
"Oh this loneliness, it's killing me
With anger and resentment, resentment,"
Annie says, "I'm turning into someone
That I never thought I'd have to be again
Again," Annie says.
...It's not your time...
And even if it was so,
I wouldn't let you go
You can run, run, run
Run but I will follow close
Someday you'll 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're on your own
But just know that I'm here
And I'll lead you home
If you let me
She said, "Forget me"
But I can't.