Tear Me to Pieces Album Lyrics by Story Of The Year

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Tear Me to Pieces

Tear me to pieces
And swallow me
'Cause I can't kill all the anxiety
Tear me to pieces
I'm on my knees
I'm suffocating and I can't break free

Flying through the static
Like a bat out of the hell in me
Thirty seconds longer 'til this
Medication dies on me
I can't see the end
The voices don't make sense

I can't fall asleep, please help me

Tear me to pieces
And swallow me
'Cause I can't kill all the anxiety
Tear me to pieces
I'm on my knees
'Cause I can't kill all the anxiety
I'm suffocating and I can't break free

Life's so f*cking fake
Die for what I hate
Before it's too late

Drowning in the data
Allocated to the worst in you
Never lost my faith
Until the day I realized the truth
My Heroes all are dead
And I now I can't forget

I can't fall asleep, please help me

Tear me to pieces
And swallow me
'Cause I can't kill all the anxiety
Tear me to pieces
I'm on my knees
'Cause I can't kill all the anxiety

Tear me to pieces
And swallow me
'Cause I can't kill all the anxiety
Tear me to pieces
I'm on my knees
'Cause I can't kill all the anxiety
I'm suffocating and I can't break free

Life's so f*cking fake
Die for what I hate
Before it's too late
I can't break free
Life's so f*cking fake
Die for what I hate
Before it's too late

I'm suffocating and I can't break free
I'm suffocating and I can't break free
I'm suffocating and I can't break free
I'm suffocating and I can't break free

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Real Life

Say the words, say the words
I don't wanna hear
Look away, look away
Bad things in the mirror
Twist the knife, twist the knife
In my back again
Make you cry, make you cry
Then you're back again

All that we are in a box
On a shelf that we can't climb
To the top, so high
We can't come down

I don't know where we go from here
When I'm with you I see so clear
You and I are suicide
But that's just real life

We didn't fall this far to break
Maybe there's beauty in the pain
You and I are suicide
But that's just real life

You said "This hurts too much
I don't wanna stay"
Find a nice rich man
Give you everything
But nobody else
Makes you feel this way
Like a drug, like a drug
That you love to take

All that we are in a box
On a shelf that we can't climb
To the top so high
We can't come down

I don't know where we go from here
When I'm with you I see so clear
You and I are suicide
But that's just real life

We didn't fall this far to break
Maybe there's beauty in the pain
You and I are suicide
But that's just real life

And I would die
If you weren't mine
I would die

I don't know where we go from here
When I'm with you I see so clear
You and I are suicide
But that's just real life

We didn't fall this far to break
Maybe there's beauty in the pain
You and I are suicide
But that's just real life
That's just real life

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Afterglow

Take me back to days when
A nervous wreck was someone
I hadn't met 'cause I just
Wasn't there yet
But here I am a broken man
Trying to fix myself again
I never thought I could let you in
But then you save me and I can't forget

I can barely feel the pain when
I'm staring at you
Every time my life explodes
You're the perfect afterglow

I can barely feel the pain when
I'm staring at you
Every time my life explodes
You're the perfect afterglow

I'm a father and I, I am a son
But I don't know how to tell them that I
I've come undone
I paint it black, torn in half
It feels like I'm under attack
It can't get worse when it hurts this bad
But then you save me and I can't forget

I can barely feel the pain when
I'm staring at you
Every time my life explodes
You're the perfect afterglow

I can barely feel the pain when
I'm staring at you
Every time my life explodes
You're the perfect afterglow

(Cut it up)

I can barely feel the pain when
I'm staring at you
Every time my life explodes
You're the perfect afterglow

I can barely feel the pain when
I'm staring at you
Every time my life explodes
You're the perfect afterglow

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Dead and Gone

This is a promise I'm breaking
With all the black in your heart
I'm not the person you've made me
I'm sick of falling apart
For days while
Everything I thought would change just
Buries itself in shame with
The prettiest parts of you, whoa
The death of something beautiful

It's too late to say you're sorry
Those days are dead and gone
So bury the mask you're wearing
Show me your worst tonight
Now It breaks my heart to watch you die
I'll bite my tongue to choke the lie
It's too late to say you're sorry
Those days are dead and gone

That little match that you gave me
So I could light up the dark
It only taught me to hate me
And now I'm falling apart again while
The bottles my only friend and
I'm dreaming about the end with
The prettiest parts of you, whoa

It's too late to say you're sorry
Those days are dead and gone
So bury the mask you're wearing
Show me your worst tonight
Now it breaks my heart to watch you die
I'll bite my tongue to choke the lie
It's too late to say you're sorry
Those days are dead and gone

Why does it feel so good to let you go
This is the death of something beautiful
Why does it feel so good to let you go
This is the death of something beautiful
Why does it feel so good to let you go
This is the death of something beautiful

It's too late to say you're sorry
Those days are dead and gone
So bury the mask you're wearing
Show me your worst tonight
It's too late to say you're sorry
Those days are dead and gone
So bury the mask you're wearing
Show me your worst tonight
Now it breaks my heart to watch you die
I'll bite my tongue to choke the lie
It's too late to say you're sorry
Those days are dead and gone

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War

(Go)

Don't say that your words don't cut me deep
With the knife between your teeth
You just smile and watch me bleed
But this won't take your pain away at all

You cut me open, leave me broken
Just to feel alive
You let me suffer, can't recover
Was it all a lie?
This won't take your pain away at all
The higher the wall the harder you fall

Did you get what you came here for?
Did you come to start a war?
This game will kill you in your sleep
Did you get what you came here for?
Did you come to start a war?

So cold, like the armor on your chest
Put the barrel to my neck
While you're wishing me the best, but
This won't take your pain away at all
The higher the wall the harder you fall

Did you get what you came here for?
Did you come to start a war?
This game will kill you in your sleep
Did you get what you came here for?
Did you think you'd take it all?
This game will kill you in your sleep
Did you get what you came here for?
Did you come to start a war?

(Get up)

The higher the wall the harder you fall

Did you get what you came here for?
Did you come to start a war?
This game will kill you in your sleep
Did you get what you came here for?
Did you think you'd take it all?
This game will kill you in your sleep
Did you get what you came here for?
Did you come to start a war?

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Can't Save You

It's too late for us, I can't save you
It's too late for us, I can't save you
Breaking my neck just to know I'm alive
Carry the weight 'til it shatters my spine
It's too late for us, I can't save you
It's too late for us, I can't save you
In love with war you've been dead for so long
Breathe in the dust 'til the oxygen's gone

You can say what you want to
Or walk away if you want to
I'll burn it all to the ground
Swim 'til I drown
Over and over got blood in my mouth
You can say what you want to
Or walk away if you want to
I'm f*cking done

You were so broken when I found you
I stitched you up and then you cut me out
Yeah, you cut me out
Destroying everything around you
Burning bridges 'til there's no one
And it's on you now
Yeah, it's on you now (it's on you now)

You can say what you want to
Or walk away if you want to
I'll burn it all to the ground
Swim 'til I drown
Over and over got blood in my mouth
You can say what you want to
Or walk away if you want to (walk away if you want to)
You can lie through your teeth
Make me believe
Poison the air 'til I can't even breathe
You can say what you want to
Or walk away if you want to
I'm f*cking done

It's too late for us, I can't save you
It's too late for us, I can't save you
It's too late for us, I can't save you
It's too late for us, I can't save you
It's too late for us, I can't save you
It's too late for us
I'm f*cking done

You can say what you want to
Or walk away if you want to
I'm f*cking done

It's too late for us, I can't save you
It's too late for us, I can't save you

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2005

Slow down
Life's too fast these days
Remember when we'd say
I'll spill my heart for you
We sang it so loud
From growing up on Page
To California haze
We slept until the sun went down again

When I had your back
And you had mine
Life's complicated
Can we turn back time

Standing on the rooftop screaming
Swinging from the basement ceiling
And when I reminisce sometimes
It feels just like 2005
Running from the cops on the freeway
We don't give a f*ck 'cause we won't change
I think about it all the time
It feels just like 2005

I can remember that one December
Where we broke down in the cold
We made it a long night
Drinking 'til daylight
A million miles from home

Throwing bottles at exit signs
No consequences just endless time

Standing on the rooftop screaming
Swinging from the basement ceiling
And when I reminisce sometimes
It feels just like 2005
Running from the cops on the freeway
We don't give a f*ck 'cause we won't change
I think about it all the time
It feels just like 2005

Gone are the days, yeah
Gone are the days, yeah
Gone are the days, yeah
Gone are the

From teenage wasteland
To marquee lights
Made memories that
Will never die

Standing on the rooftop screaming
Swinging from the basement ceiling
And when I reminisce sometimes
It feels just like 2005
Running from the cops on the freeway
We don't give a f*ck 'cause we won't change
I think about it all the time
It feels just like 2005

Gone are the days, yeah
Gone are the days, yeah
Gone are the days, yeah
Gone are the (it feels just like 2005)

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Sorry About Me

I think I need help
I can't do this by myself
'Cause wishing away all my mistakes
Is dragging us both through hell
It tears me in two
I'll never shine bright like you
But when I see stars surrounded by dark
I think of me and you

In a city broken like me every
Nightmare started out a good dream
I just need to tell you before I go

The weight of the world
On my shoulders 'til I say I'm sorry
My heart's on my shirt
But the rest of me is empty inside
I, I want to tell you everything
But there's so much that I can't say
Every time I try I get hurt
The weight of the world
On my shoulders 'til I say I'm sorry
I'm sorry 'bout me

I think I need help
'Cause lately I'm so unwell
From diamonds to dust that could be us
If I could just change myself

In a city broken like me every
Nightmare started out a good dream
I just need to tell you before I go

The weight of the world
On my shoulders 'til I say I'm sorry
My heart's on my shirt
But the rest of me is empty inside
I, I want to tell you everything
But there's so much that I can't say
Every time I try I get hurt
The weight of the world
On my shoulders 'til I say I'm sorry
I'm sorry 'bout me

The weight of the world
On my shoulders 'til I say I'm sorry
My heart's on my shirt
But the rest of me is empty inside
I, I want to tell you everything
But there's so much that I can't say
Every time I try I get hurt
The weight of the world
On my shoulders 'til I say I'm sorry
I'm sorry 'bout me
I'm sorry 'bout me

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Take the Ride

I'll take the ride

Finding myself here again
A candle in this hurricane
Wide awake
My bloodshot eyes can't see anything
Cut the brakes, I don't need them anyway
I've had all I can take

It's four in the morning and I'm alone
So what if I get lost on my way home
Turn out the headlights
I don't know where I'm going
Let go of the wheel and I shut my eyes
I wanna feel something before I die
F*ck all the red flags
I don't know where I'm going
But I'll take the ride

125 on the dash
City lights blur like my past
In my head
All the god damn walls keep closing in
Didn't make to the finish
Now I'm at it again
I've had all I can take

It's four in the morning and I'm alone
So what if I get lost on my way home
Turn out the headlights
I don't know where I'm going
Let go of the wheel and I shut my eyes
I wanna feel something before I die
F*ck all the red flags
I don't know where I'm going
But I'll take the ride
I'll take the ride

It's four in the morning and I'm alone
So what if I get lost on my way home
Turn out the headlights
I don't know where I'm going
Let go of the wheel and I shut my eyes
I wanna feel something before I die
F*ck all the red flags
I don't know where I'm going
But I'll take the ride
I'll take the ride

I'll take the ride

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Knives Out

Knives out on the table
Show your hand when the game gets fatal
Labeled with a skull and crossbones
Everybody ends up dead, yeah
Lights, out nobody's waking up
Murder on the wall and it points to us, psych
It was me, there's nothing to discuss
Should have read the warning signs

Come play with me then you'll see

I'm running with scissors so cut me out
Playing with matches so burn me down
Knives out, knives out
I'm going through phases
Running with scissors so cut me out
Playing with matches so burn me to ashes now
Knives out 'til we all fall down

So smooth like a criminal
In your head there's a voice, it's subliminal
Keep my secrets shut tight like a body on ice
Should have read the warning signs

Come play with me then you'll see
This violent energy control me

I'm running with scissors so cut me out
Playing with matches so burn me down
Knives out, knives out
I'm going through phases
Running with scissors so cut me out
Playing with matches so burn me to ashes now
Knives out 'til we all fall down

Running with scissors so cut me out
Playing with matches so burn me down
Knives out, knives out
I'm going through phases
Running with scissors so cut me out
Playing with matches so burn me to ashes now

Running with scissors so cut me out
Playing with matches so burn me to ashes now
Knives out 'til we all fall down
Knives out 'til we all fall down

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Use Me

This empty bed feels out of place
And I still see your
Mascara tears on the pillow case
We've been here before
And I just want to wake up where you are
Every time I get close you cut me off
I'm a sucker for the way you break my heart, yeah

If you're gonna use me
Then go ahead and use me
And if you'll never hold me
Then I'll let you control me
Sink your teeth in
I can't feel them
I'm so numb for you
So if you're gonna use me
Just go ahead and use me

And even though you leave me bruised
I'd put it on my life for you
A silent movie with no captions
I knew that this would happen
Like deja vu, ooh-oh
And I just want to wake up where you are
Every time I get close you cut me off
I'm a sucker for the way you break my heart, yeah

If you're gonna use me
Then go ahead and use me
And if you'll never hold me
Then I'll let you control me
Sink your teeth in
I can't feel them
I'm so numb for you
So if you're gonna use me
Then go ahead and use me

I don't wanna change you
I just wanna hate you
I'm trying but I can't slow down
I'm sick of all this fake love
I don't wanna wake up now

So if you're gonna use me
Just go ahead and use me
And if you'll never hold me
Then I'll let you control me
Sink your teeth in
I can't feel them
I'm so numb for you
If you're gonna use me
Then go ahead and use me