Paint by numbers everything's grey Try to go by the book everything comes out the wrong way Need to circumvent your customer service Seems to have no ultimate purpose Squeeze the stress ball but it didn't work Wait any longer then I will go berserk Hang up and wait and try again If there's a time that's better, I don't know when? You say my call's important so I stay on the line Your automated voice is blowing my mind For English press one press one times nine Muzak blaring at me til I'm out of time Got to wonder if it's even worth it Follow the promise of reimbursement In the rat race and I'm in a haze Now I'm lost in the number maze Takin' forever just turn the knob Yes, I understand that you're doin' your job Hang up and wait and try again If there's a time that's better...WHEN? I have seen (I don’t know) (When?) better days better days No More! Paint by numbers everything's grey Try to go by the book everything comes out the wrong way Need to circumvent your customer service Seems to have no ultimate purpose

I’m much too lazy for a suicide I would have to hide all my photos And put my stuff out in a bag on the lawn And come on wind Come up with an explanation For my untimely Permanent vacation Even ladybugs are poisonous Cellular phones give you cancer Is there anything that’s not dangerous? When you’ve had enough Nuff of this situation It might be time For your resignation We had a chance to make things better If we stop now, it’s all over We had a chance to make things better Got your cable box And you got your TV stations To drown it out Your exasperation I’d like to get up but I’ve been here for years Present keeps turning to future Time is fragmented like broken mirrors And, we’re locked in Caught up in the Desperation So tag me out Of this isolation We had a chance to make things better If we stop now, it’s all over We had a chance to make things better What’s so funny bout Fear, hate, and alienation Say your goodbyes Time for resignation We can’t stop now, we’ve just begun In barren lands we have to push on Just begun Stop now

While you're in your loft With your Broadway Bros I'm sneakin' in the back Of the CBGB show And for the last nightcap I catch a brown bag buzz Climb the fence to tag the train Just to spite the fuzz Three cans of Paint rattle In my safety-pinned sleeve and As I hop the Third rail to My skateboard I leave the Deck is Variflex But the bearings spin real fast I go right through the Bronx Where the woofers blast Hi-fi sound system Run by a street lamp's wires Splash past leaky hydrants -- Rubber wheels on fire Even though It's so late A kid's still shooting hoops up A Spalding, A milk-crate Up above his mom's stoop, but I don't know where to go I don't know where to go I don't know where to go So I'll go home But after stick up kids Held me up up in the park I don't cut through that way Anymore after dark But life it ain't worth living If you're too scared to fight It's fun to shred the danger - Skateboarding at night Skateboarding at night Skateboarding at night Whoa oh oh Skateboarding at night Skateboarding at night Whoa oh oh Skateboarding at night Skateboarding at night Whoa oh oh ohohoh oh oh ohohoh Show true devotion Blank generation Show true devotion In a blank generation Skateboarding at night Skateboarding at night Whoa oh oh Skateboarding at night Skateboarding at night Skateboarding at night oh oh oh Skateboarding at night oh oh oh Skateboarding at night Crash!

I hold hands with my brain Feel like I'm losing my mind Said "Hi, what happened to my brain?" We're growing all the time He's watching me fade again She's watching me fade again Why you watching me fade again? Stop watching me fade again I disintegrate I disintegrate Hey hold hands What happened to my brain? Split in quarters and halves We take apart from the grey matter I think I'm gonna burst There's something imploding inside What's the matter now I gotta figure it out He's watching me fade again She's watching me fade again Why you watching me fade again? Stop watching me fade again I disintegrate I just fade away And we all keep hanging on Wonder what we're running from And we both hang on Wonder what we're running on I will trace it back To foreign lands where you came from I know we will be in a better place Before we land this I know something better will happen

Alcohol caffeine in my bloodstream Tired and wired combined Premonition or another nightmare Best go back to sleep tired (tired) tired (tired) wired (wired) wired (wired) tired t-tired tired... wired w-wired wired Underused but we don't mind it Wouldn't know if we even tried it, paranoid Try to stay off target Ya know it might suit you better Score your drugs at Delores Park Makin' easy deals after dark What are we talkin' speedballs? You know I've only got a Bridge Card You say I have it made Bury me in the shade Belly up and face down combined Easy now Draped in Technicolor (neon brown) Draped in Technicolor (neon brown) Draped in Technicolor (neon brown) Draped in Technicolor Nowhere'sville's alright for a while On the verge of falling apart We should end this before we start it Much too tired to keep things steady But we still have heart It's getting out of hand It's time to take that stand They call you Hambone Your name is Lincoln No more now Draped in Technicolor (neon brown) Draped in Technicolor (neon brown) Draped in Technicolor (neon brown) Draped in Technicolor (neon brown) Try to piece it together (we just sit and stare) Try to piece it together (oh we just sit and stare) It'll be scrapped for sure (oh yeah, we just sit and stare) Try to piece it together (yeah, we just sit and stare) We can't try We're so tired We can't try We're so wired Can we try to piece it together? Can we try to piece it together? Can we try to piece it together? Can we try to piece it together? Can we try to piece it together? Can we try to piece it together? Can we try to piece it together? Can we try to piece it together?

Gather up your raw materials And line it up just right Leave your mark in the vast permanence Scratches in the earth Understand that it's only limited Even though it's all time Mud, sand and stone, stardust created it Of course it's gonna come down Break it in half What was there is gone Break it in half It had to be done When they say that your lines look too parallel Put your pencil down Draw your outlines in eraser dust Wipe away the results Atoms make up compound molecules Stacking minerals Look at yourself you're all a part of it And we all break down Break it in half What was there is gone Break it in half It had to be done No permanence Nothing left of it No permanence It had to be done Build a shelter keep us safe from harm Solid blocks of ice There's no way to destroy this foundation The sun won't beat down on us Break it in half What was there is gone Break it in half It had to be done We think we'll be here forever But it's not that way Sidewind through the landmines 'til we all fall down

Slow it to slow motion Until it goes backward Shift it into reverse (slow it down) 'til it goes backward Slow it to slow motion Until it goes backward Shift it into reverse (slow it down) 'til it goes backward When the gods are laughing at you What do you choose to do? You can laugh along with them Or let it roll back down Push the boulder all the way And try to beat the hill And when it rolls back again (rollin down) It looks like gravity wins When the gods are laughing at you What do you choose to do? You can laugh along with them Or let it roll back down Rollin' down, until it's slowing down It's rollin' down, until you're slowing down Another deep breath to keep from cryin' Another deep breath Take another deep breath Another deep breath to keep from dyin' Another deep breath Take another deep breath You'll never keep up You'll never keep up You'll never keep up You'll never keep up

When you find the plastic's shattered Pretend it all doesn't matter Build it up and while you're at it Rewind into nostalgia Doesn't really bother me Analog aesthetic Doesn't really bother me I don't mind the static When you wash your face in a whisky fountain Slap hands with nervous nightmares Here we go again Still so far away Blot out the sun Til we go numb Over and done Double deck high speed dubbin In the land of a thousand island Haven't seen the daylight in so long Why not? Tomorrow's a new day Doesn't really bother me Analog aesthetic Doesn't really bother me I don't mind the static The more I think about it, it should mean nothing Blank page and empty faces Puzzle piece together No locking edge And the kids won't stick around Cuz the kids won't stick around Cuz the kids don't stick around Oh oh oh oh ooh Whoa oh Whoa Leavin'now Leavin'now Don't wanna go home Leavin'now Leavin'now Don't wanna wait You've got so far to go You don't know what your sayin' There is no reason Behind the choice your makin'

The following statement's true The previous statement's false… A rubber room with no doors Turn to a ghost, transcend the walls On my way out (Your map is gone) On my way Trying to stay out (Where's the lost and found?) Don't want to stay We build the tower we're trapped inside It leans, it sways, it topples down Push the smoke aside to see the light It's a different day with the same sound On my way out (Your map is gone) On my way Trying to stay out (Where's the lost and found?) Don't want to stay So hard to find, so hard to find So hard to find, so hard to find It’s not easy when your heart’s on your sleeve and your eyes are pointed at the door So hard to find, so hard to find (what you're looking for) So hard to find, so hard to find (what you're looking for)

You can only have so many victories Looks like we’ve had our run Time to make a turn around Or, maybe not Question mark in a thought bubble Look out now here comes trouble Hunger pains and it looks like rain Rusted shut and washed away Hold strong now for a couple days Good things come to those who wait Yurtle the turtle is walkin’ this way Lookin’ like a hangnail Maybe it’s a sign Struggle but you’re cold Not worth your weight in gold Lost in a tailspin, out of control But you’ll make waves again Trace back to before As we live to snore Traced back to before As we live to snore Looks like we missed the bus No one’s left but us Destroyed again, we’ll walk now for awhile If we’re not suspicious things will be okay Runnin’ out of time Glasses fogged and blind There is really nothing left to see I’ll tell you what you missed again Seems like long ago When we got something right Impossible to tell which way is up in the middle of a storm cloud Dark as hell inside Runnin’ out of steam You had a big idea It was incomplete and I must have deleted it But, anyway no one cares Trace back to before As we live to snore Traced back to before As we live to snore It’s been a long time Such a very long time It’s been a long time Such a very long time And, now we finally win!