Don't Hate Me
Forgive me for running off to find the one thing I have to do.
Each night you can fall asleep assured that someday I'll be coming home to you.
These constant reminders in everything I see.
The chance of a lifetimewhat a great place to be.

Oh Amy, don't hate me, for running away from you.
Oh Amy, don't hate me. I'm still in love with you!

I'm sorry I can't be everything to you.
Your place is at the heart of what I do.
Everything's for you.

Oh Amy, don't hate me, for running away from you.
Oh Amy, don't hate me. I'm still in love with you!
Oh Amy, Oh Amy!
Oh Amy, Oh Amy!
Oh Amy, don't hate me. I'm still in love with you!

Every time I run away, it's easier to stay.
At the heart, the heart is you in everything I do.
Every time I run away, it's easier to stay.
At the heart, the heart is you in everything I do.

Fall Semester
If I tried, would you still call me son?
If I tried, would you call me at all?
If I say that I'll go regardless of what you want me to do.
If I say that I'll go regardless I'm better off without,
I'm better off without you.

If I change my mind it won't be soon enough for you,
But I'm not you,
I'm not you,
I'm not you.

I'll try to compromise for you to see
That there's so many other things for me to find out.
Run myself to the ground.
Would you please forgive me if I found my way back home?

Everything I see,
Everything I do,
Everywhere I've been,
These mean nothing to you?

Stay Gold, ponyboy
This is the closest to this friend that I've been.
I hope you find it easy on greener ground and bluer skies.
I hope you don't think less of me if I'm cold,
I don't want to watch you go.
I'll cry until I can't see the whites of your eyes
For two more years, two more years.

We'll be old enough to know better, young enough to pretend.
This is the last of my letters

I hope I find my home
And I hope you're the first one in it.
I know it won't be the same.
I'll be there if you need anything at all you want to be.
Run around the world with me.
State your distance but it's not a million miles away.
If this is what will really make you happy
Then I'll say that we'll be...

Old enough to know better, young enough to pretend.
This is the last of my letters until I see you again.

Lowercase West Thomas
It's easier to say it's over,
It's easier but I might still be pretending.

Not a single one will believe.
I can't say I wouldn't agree.

I don't know if I know myself at all anymore.
I gave up on what I couldn't give in.
I gave up on what I couldn't give in.
I gave up, I gave in.

Washington Square Park
It's better than nothing,
It's better than you can get.
What more could you want,
What more could you ask for?

Living day by day is more than I can say about my life.
Living in denial, wipe that stupid smile away.

Through that ring again, through that sick machine,
Doesn't make you any stronger than you or anything you choose.
It's not abuse that many people live through.

It's better than nothing,
It's better than you can get.

Living say by day is more than I can say about my life.
Living in denial, wipe that stupid smile away.

Last Place You Look
The grass is always greener
As I'm sure that you've found.
If I find my way back on the last leg of this trip,
I'm betting on finding you there.

As long as it's constantly changing.
As long as it's constantly sound.
If there's no sense of impending danger,
There's no sense in hanging around for the winter.

If I'm not gonna be in your arms, your arms around me
What have I got if you're there?

We'll be home in December.
The leaves don't fall from the trees,
As long as you remember you are always with me.
We'll be home in December.
The leaves don't fall from the trees
As long as you remember you are always with me.

It's not my place to find it,
Not something that I get to choose.
Don't be scared ‘cause you're not something I'm willing to lose.
I'll bet you find it in the last place you look.
I'll bet you find it in the last place you look.

Better Half
I saw my better half,
The better half of a decade,
Slip through my hands,
Inside her hands,
Inside my pockets.
When she reached for her advantages
I should have done something.

I saw my baby boy digging his own hole,
Keeping alive family traditions.
When he lied about intentions
I should have done something.

Well, I blame myself for everything,
It keeps my conscience clean.
I've got bandages to prove it.

I saw my better half,
The better half of a decade,
Slip through my hands,
Inside her hands,
Inside my pockets.
When she reached for her advantages
I should have done something.

No Love
If I gave everything would you still listen to me?
If I gave everything would you still listen to me?
It could be so much better than this.
It could be so much better.

I don't want you to love me anymore.
I don't want you to love me anymore than enough,
I can't be held accountable if you can't make up your mind.

Tonight, as much as I would like to,
I can't put my hands all over you.
If I put myself in that position,
Myself to be immune to you,
To keep my heart from breaking,
If you can't make up your mind.

If I gave everything, if I gave,
If I gave everything, if I gave.
I don't want you to love me anymore.
I don't want you to love me anymore.

If I came home one last time,
Think of what the two of us could do.
If I came home one last time,
Think of what the two of us could do.
I guess we'll never know.

Shorty
It's certainly true, there's better things to do.
And though I don't know everything,
I wouldn't tell you anything if I did.

The last time I saw you act like this we were kids.
The last time I saw you act like this we were kids.

What am I to do?
My heart goes out to you.
Though I don't know everything
I wouldn't tell you anything if I did.

Over reacting, over again just between friends.
What am I to do?
I won't come between you two.
What was I to do? I gave in.
What was I to say? I gave it all I could, all I could, all I could.

Over reacting, over again just between friends.
I'll bet you never find another friend like me.

Michelle With One "L"
Same holds from the same hands.
Five years strong, many times over and gone.
It's everything that I have
To beat bridges much stronger and wide.

Fewer and farther between we meet again.
I'll try to do well on my own.
Distance between's never been this far.
I'll try to do well on my own.

I realize that this time was something that I always knew,
Only a fool wouldn't see.
Might as well start my drinking days now if I'm really alone.

Fewer and farther between we meet again.
I'll try to do well on my own.
Distance between's never been this far.
I'll try to do well on my own.

It's tempting.

Am I asking too much to keep you at arms length?
Am I asking too much to keep you at home?

Please don't go!
Please don't go!
Don't go!
Please don't go!

I know it's all gonna be fine,
And I know that this is what's right.
I know it's all gonna be fine,
And I know that this is what's right,
What's right, what's right, what's right.