Taking Back Sunday - Happiness Is Album Lyrics

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Preface


[Instrumental]

(some vocalizing)

 

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Flicker Fade

If you should change your name,
I'll love you just the same
And if you should run away,
I would save your place
So you can go, go, go
If you want to
I wouldn't try and stop you
I couldn't say I blame you

Flicker flicker fade,
Destroy what you create
And wonder why it always ends the same,
You wonder why it always ends the same

When I said, "I hate that song
About fire and sex you love."
I couldn't tell you why,
Why I did it, why I lied
I know it's wrong, wrong, wrong
It's evil but true
It's what I want to make you
(so I can say I blame you)
So I can say I blame you

Flicker flicker fade,
Destroy what you create
And wonder why it always ends the same,
Flicker flicker fade,
Destroy what you create
And wonder why it always ends the same,
You wonder why it always ends,
You wonder why it always ends the same

You live your life like you're not in control.
Like you're playing a role.
You live your life like you're not in control.
Like you're playing a role (convince me).
You wonder why it always ends the same (convince me).
You wonder why it always ends
(destroy what you create)
Wonder why it always ends, it always ends the same

[4x]
You live your life like you're not in control
Like you're playing a role

Flicker flicker fade,
Destroy what you create
And wonder why it always ends the same

 

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Stood A Chance

It takes so long
You're going forward looking back
A body like a welcome mat
You never even stood a chance
(On your own)
A body like a welcome mat
(On your own)
Going forward looking back
(Now you're looking back)
You never even stood a chance
You don't wanna know
You don't wanna know

You feel so safe, safe, safe
Being kept in the dark
(You know you never stood a chance)
You know you never stood a chance
Cause it's that same dark place
Where you'll get torn apart
(You know you never stood a chance)
You know you never stood a chance
On your own
On your own

(Hot damn tell me that don't feel good)

It takes so long
You're never one for looking back
A body like a punching bag
You never even stood a chance
You don't wanna know
(Body like a punching bag)
You don't wanna know
(You're never one for looking back)
You never even stood a chance
(Took a chance)
On your own

You feel so safe, safe, safe
Being kept in the dark
(You know you never stood a chance)
You know you never stood a chance
Cause it's that same dark place
Where you'll get torn apart
(You know you never stood a chance)
You know you never stood a chance
You feel so safe, safe, safe
Being kept in the dark
(You know you never stood a chance)
You don't wanna know

Fat and happy straight to hell
(Woo oou hoo)
In a body like a prison cell
(Woo oou hoo)
Fat and happy straight to hell
In a body like a prison cell
Straight to hell
You know you never stood a chance

You feel so safe, safe, safe
Being kept in the dark
(You know you never stood a chance)
You know you never stood a chance
Cause it's that same dark place
Where you'll get torn apart
(You know you never stood a chance)
You know you never stood a chance

Yeah in that same dark place
I will tear you apart
You know you never stood a chance
(You know you never stood a chance)
On your own
I'm gonna tear you apart

 

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All The Way

Heaven sent the perfect gift
Five feet eight inches tall
That jealous boy inside me
I done taught him how to crawl
Heaven sent the perfect gift
Five feet eight inches tall
All the way you take me, take it
All the way
(You take it all the way)

Never met a stranger, yes she always stays on call
All the way you take me, take it
All the way
(You take it all the way)
I ain't the first man you've been with still
I don't care at all
Yeah that jealous boy inside me
I done taught him how to crawl

All the way
All the way you take me, all the way
All the way you take me, all the way
All the way you take me, all the way
All the way

And all I want is more
All I want is more
Oh behind you're green mean go eyes
Your instincts know not to trust
Anything too complicated
You look both ways before you cross
But accidents do happen
Knock you back and off your feet
And when that push comes to a shove
We've got a headfirst kind of love

All the way
All the way you take me, all the way
All the way you take me, all the way
All the way you take me, all the way
All the way

All the way you take me, take it
All the way you take me, take it
All the way
(You take me all the way)
All the way you take me, take it
All I want is more, you take me
All the way

All the way
All the way you take me, all the way
All the way you take me, all the way
All the way you take me, all the way
All the way

 

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Beat Up Car

You can lie to those white coats
But you can't lie to me
There's a difference between
What you want, what you need
Over the rainbow with no end in sight
A rest easy stockpile
The rest of your life in plain sight
That just don't feel right

So if you're interested
I'll take you anywhere
I'll buy some beat up car, we could get out of here
I'll take you anywhere that you want to go
I'll take you anywhere that you want to go
I'll take you anywhere if you want to go

I could lie to most anyone
But I can't lie to you
Stalled at the gates and that simply won't do
Under artificial light I drink myself blind
I won't watch you kill yourself
(Won't watch you kill yourself)
Or leave you here to rot to death of loneliness

So if you're interested
I'll take you anywhere
I'll buy some beat up car, we could get out of here
I'll take you anywhere that you want to go
I'll take you anywhere that you want to go
I'll take you anywhere if you want to go

(If you want to go?)

A dotted line you'll sign for me
We'll get to work we'll work for cheap
We'll work for us we'll work for free
Pray for job security, show them how it feels to be
Together to admit defeat
To revel in the irony
Some place we can be ourself
We won't watch you kill yourself
Or leave you here to rot to death

So if you're interested
I'll take you anywhere
I'll buy some beat up car, we could get out of here
I'll take you anywhere that you want to go
I'll take you anywhere that you want to go

So if you're interested
I'll take you anywhere
I'll buy some beat up car, we could get out of here
Some place we can be ourself
We won't watch you kill yourself
Or leave you here to rot to death and all of this
I'll take you anywhere that you want to go
(Somewhere you can be yourself)
I'll take you anywhere that you want to go
(I won't watch you kill yourself)
I'll take you anywhere that you want to go

 

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It Takes More

Compact enhancement in your hand
You were lifted from your mind
Float like a ghost
No sense of self
No sense of time
Smiling slow and steady
You were young and you were free
It used to come so easily

Now it takes more
And more
It takes more
(I knew right then I'd do it all again, I'd do it all again)
Just to feel like it used to
(I'd do it all again)
It takes more
(I'd do it all again)
It takes more
(I knew right then I'd do it all again, I'd do it all again)
To feel anything at all

Holy connection, so unexplained, so past control
We spoke all night in a language only we could know
Smiling slow and steady
We were young and we were free
It used to come so easily

Now it takes more
And more
It takes more
(I knew right then I'd do it all again, I'd do it all again)
Just to feel like it used to
(I'd do it all again)
It takes more
(I'd do it all again)
And more
(I knew right then I'd do it all again, I'd do it all again)
To feel anything at all

Seems like every time you've got it figure out
You're just figuring out you're wrong
Seems like every time you get to where you're going
You're wishing you were gone

It takes more
And more
It takes more
(I knew right then I'd do it all again, I'd do it all again)
Just to feel like it used to
(I'd do it all again)
It takes more
(I'd do it all again)
And more
(I knew right then I'd do it all again, I'd do it all again)

To feel anything at all
To feel anything at all
To feel anything at all
To feel anything at all
Just to feel like it used to
To feel anything at all
Just to feel like it used to
To feel anything at all

(Feel anything at all)

 

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They Don't Have Any Friends

It's a free for all
First comments served
Half listens in
And haven't watched it until the end yet
I haven't watched it until the end
But you can't stop yourself
(You can't stop yourself)
But you can't stop yourself
(Before you could get it for free)
Do you remember what that used to mean?

I'm not angry, I'm not anything at all
I'm not angry
I'm not anything at all
Why work if you don't have to?
Don't listen we'll do it for you
Cause I feel like a bigger man
With the upper hand
In those last few seconds before I hit send

I keep my head down and hope for a hit
Open the flood gates for all those smug little kids
(It's not their fault)
They don't have any friends
(They can't help themselves)
They can't stop themselves
(They can't stop themselves)
Undressing themselves
(Alone in their room)
Thinking that no one will ever love them
(Is to tell me what I'm doing wrong)

It didn't make you happy, It didn't make you anything at all
But you kept asking
You kept asking for that song
And I'm not angry, I'm not anything at all
I'm not angry
I'm not anything at all
Why work if you don't have to?
Don't listen we'll do it for you
Cause I feel like a bigger man
With the upper hand
In those last few seconds before I hit send

It didn't make you happy, It didn't make you anything at all
But you kept asking
You kept asking for that song

Why work if you don't have to?
Don't listen we'll do it for you
Cause I fell like a bigger man
With the upper hand
In those last few seconds before I hit send

 

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Better Homes And Gardens

When you took that ring off, balled it in your fist
Eyes like a smoking gun
Surprised at what you did
So don't even think for one second your following me in
My parents are home, so is my kid
Just go on
That house that you hate
That house that we bought and failed to make

When you took that ring off
I sat there stunned
Parked out in my car
Surprised at what you'd done
The courage that must have took left me utterly speechless
And though it came as no surprise I still couldn't believe it

You'll never be happy
You'll never be happy
But it was all for nothing
Yea it was all a waste
You held on tight and for dear life
But it was all for nothing

When you took that ring off
Threw it at your feet
You didn't say a word
Much less look at me
The courage that must have took I just couldn't believe it
In that moment you were perfect
And it made all the bullshit seem worth it

But it was all for nothing
Yea it was all a waste
You held on tight and for dear life
But it was all for nothing
Yea it was all a waste
You held on tight
(Held on tight)
And for dear life
(For dear life)
But it was all for nothing
(Held on tight and for dear life)
(We held on tight for dear life)
(We held on tight)

So just go on
That house that you hate
That house that we bought and failed to make
It was all for nothing
It was all a waste
And now you'll never be happy
Oh you'll never be happy

Cause it was all for nothing
It was all a waste
You held on tight and for dear life
But it was all for nothing
Yea it was all a waste
We held on tight
(Held on tight)
And for dear life
(And for dear life)

But it was all for nothing
(Held on tight and for dear life)
(We held on tight)
When you took off that ring
(For dear life)
When you took off that ring
(Held on tight)

 

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Like You Do

Came as a surprise
Whistles and bells
And although I was not asking
You offered up you're help
And I ain't ever gonna find another one
I ain't ever gonna find another one

That does me like you did
Like you do
Like you've done
That does me like you did
Like you do
Like you've done

I was keeping to myself
Waiting on some train
When your heels click clacked the platform
To my heart they did the same
I ain't ever gonna find another one
I ain't ever gonna find another one

That does me like you did
Like you do
Like you've done
That does me like you did
Like you do
Like you've done

I may not always be the best man
But I'm going to always walk that line
I don't even know what I was saying
You went and changed your mind
As it wouldn't be the first time
You went and changed your mind
I ain't ever gonna find another one
I ain't ever gonna find another one

That does me like you did
Like you do
Like you've done
That does me like you did
Like you do
Like you've done

Came as a surprise
Whistles and bells
And although I was not asking love
You offered up your help
And I ain't ever gonna find another one
I ain't ever gonna find another one

That does me like you did
Like you do
Like you've done
That does me like you did
Like you do
Like you've done
That does me like you did
Like you do
Like you've done

 

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We Were Younger Then

Arab Architects
Are strung up by their necks
Singing
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Blessed be the lord
And now I'm drifting through the streets
Drinking gypsy wine saying
I can't believe how strange it is to be alive right now

I see the good people trying
I remember when comfort was not an option
(But we were younger then)
Disciplined and strange
Focused and restrained
We were younger then

If you need some quiet time
To process all that guilt
Well the desert lasts for days and out there
There's nothing else to do
Round here they turn ocean into land
And sell that land for gold
Use that gold to build themselves bigger better homes

I see cranes on the horizon
I remember when comfort was not an option
(We were younger then)
Disciplined and strange
Focused and restrained
We were younger then

When I go to sleep
I hardly ever dream
And when I'm wide awake
I can't believe what I see

I see the good people trying
I remember when comfort was not an option
(We were younger then)
Disciplined and strange
Focused and restrained
We were younger then

When I go to sleep
I hardly ever dream
When I'm wide awake
I can't believe what I see

Only in pictures before have I seen
Anything like from where I am standing
Looking I can't tell where the city stops
And the nothing begins
Only in pictures before have I seen
Anything like from where I am standing
Looking I can't tell where the city stops
And the nothing begins, begins, begins
(And the nothing begins)

Only in pictures before have I seen
Anything like from where I am standing
Looking I can't tell where the city stops
And the nothing begins, begins, begins
(We were younger then)
Only in pictures before have I seen
(We were younger then)
Anything like from where I am standing
(We were younger then)
Looking I can't tell where the city stops
(We were younger then)
And the nothing begins, begins
(We were younger then)

 

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Nothing At All

You wait in the dark for the music to soothe you to sleep
Swallow your fears
Become them eventually
You sit like King David
Watching women through the windows and walls
Chase your desires until you find nothing at all

Until you find nothing at all
Until you find nothing at all
Until you find nothing at all
Until you find nothing at all

I shake my heavy head and find ways to shift the blame
I hate the rules but I still play the game
I got an eye on the prize
Another on the clock on the wall
I get what I want until I want nothing at all

Until I want nothing at all
Until I want nothing at all
Until I want nothing at all
Until I want nothing at all

(All)
(Nothing at all)
(All)