O.A.R. Album

In the morning wake me up
And tell me everything
So I can understand your world
And you can understand my dream
Yeah I could be anywhere
And you could be there with me
But I just want to be a ghost
And see everything

I don't want it to be the way they want it
This town, this night, this crowd
Come on put them up, let me hear it loud
This town, this city, this crowd
Stand up on your feet put your worry down
And everyone of you all around
Come on ya'll let's take this town
Let's take this town

It's better that we keep this close
Keep you close to me
Walking under every sky
Over every sea
You can be my modern girl
And I can be the one you found
If we're taking on the world today
I know we got to leave this town

I don't want it to be the way they want it
This town, this night, this crowd
Come on put them up, let me hear it loud
This town, this city, this crowd
Stand up on your feet put your worry down
And everyone of you all around
Come on ya'll let's take this town
Let's take this town

Come on ya'll let's take this town
Come on ya'll let's take it down
On our own let's get away
Nothing more left here to see
Come on love make it perfect
More and more I will believe
Like a child I must believe
Come on ya'll make it perfect

This town, this night, this crowd
Come on put them up, let me hear it loud
This town, this city, this crowd
Stand up on your feet put your worry down
And everyone of you all around
Come on ya'll let's take it
Everyone of you in this crowd
Come on ya'll let's take this town

This town, this night, this crowd
Come on put them up, let's take this town
This town, this city, this crowd
We're taking on the world today
Come on put them up, and every one of you all around
We can be anyway, take this town
Come on put them up, we're taking on the world today
Take this town, we could be anywhere

In a way, I need a change
From this burnout scene
Another time, another town
Another everything
But it's always back to you

Stumble out, in the night
From the pouring rain
Made the block, sat and thought
There's more I need
It's always back to you

But I'm good without ya
Yeah, I'm good without you
Yeah, yeah, yeah

How many times can I break till I shatter?
Over the line can't define what I'm after
I always turn the car around
Give me a break let me make my own pattern
All that it takes is some time but I'm shattered
I always turn the car around

I had no idea that the night
Would take so damn long
Took it out, on the street
While the rain still falls
Push me back to you

But I'm good without ya
Yeah, I'm good without you
Yeah, yeah, yeah

How many times can I break till I shatter?
Over the line can't define what I'm after
I always turn the car around
Give me a break let me make my own pattern
All that it takes is some time but I'm shattered
I always turn the car around

Give it up, give it up, baby
Give it up, give it up, now
Now

How many times can I break till I shatter?
Over the line can't define what I'm after
I always turn the car around
All that I feel is the realness I'm faking
Taking my time but it's time that I'm wasting
Always turn the car around

How many times can I break till I shatter?
Over the line can't define what I'm after
I always turn the car around

Don't wanna turn that car around
I gotta turn this thing around

Tell me I'm dreaming
My feet are stone and my light is dim
Chasin this demon on his way down

Whatever happened?
Whatever happened?

Spent the night out on the hill
And watched the world sleep sound and still
And over mountains darkness spilled
Washed me over

Whatever happened?
Whatever happened?

It's been a long way back from the edge of that
Saw the world from the hill
I'm right back where it started
And it still feels right like the very first time
Saw the world like a kid
Yesterday is over
Let's write another story tonight

City gates of rusted iron
Can't contain the light inside
So I spot this devil at the county line
And went no further

Whatever happened?
Whatever happened?

It's been a long way back from the edge of that
Saw the world fromt he hill
I'm right back where it started
And it still feels right like the very first time
Saw the world like a kid
Yesterday is over
Let's write another story tonight

After all the time is gone I'll have morning

It's been a long way back from the edge of that
When the world was a kid
I'm right back where it started
And it still feels right like the very first night
Saw the world like a kid
Let's write another story tonight

I saw the world from the hill
Let's write another story tonight

I saw the world like a kid
Let's write another story, write another story tonight

It's been such a long day
followed by long nights
I'm sit here by my myself
but it just don't feel alright
you been talking to me
everyone talking at me like

Chorus:
Try me
I’ll let you live
I’ll let you breathe
Try me
I’ll pick you up
And make you believe


You're surrounded and scared, ain't ya?
Nobody's there for you
Under it all
they don't shine away, you do
But you're tangled up in
everything wrong for you
Come on back to me
and I will make it be the one
Everyone talking at ya
everyone coming at ya like

Chorus (x2)

I know its been such a long time
and I still don't let you in
I know it feels like a long time
but you're never coming back again
are you ever coming back again?

it's been such a long day
followed the long nights
sit here by myself
and it just don't feel alright

Chorus (x2)

Try me (I'll make you believe)
Try me
C'mon try me (I'll make you believe)
Try me (x2)
I'll let you live
I'll let you breathe
(try me, yeah)
I'll pick you up
And make you believe

There's an emptiness between us
been filling up for days
its heavy on my mind
fighting all the time
we never find our way
you swore you would remember
what a shame you had to lie
now this battle that you're in
is underneath your skin
and the fight is in your eyes

Chorus:
but one day
you'll fall down
and there won't
be anyone to pick you up again
but one day
you'll fall down
and there won't
be anyone

you know this ain't pretend now
I'd fix it if I could
so pack up all your things
drop off all your rings
things have changed for good
you swore you would protect me
and you swore you would not lie
now the battle that we're in
in in between locked doors
and the fight is in our eyes

Chorus (x2)

all these lonely days
lead to lonely nights
and on lonely nights I sleep
trapped inside
what became my life
and it's all because of me

but one day
you'll fall down
and there won't
be anyone to pick you up again
but one day
you'll fall down
and there won't
be anyone anywhere now
one day
you'll fall down
and there won't
be anyone to pick you up again

(one day you'll fall down)
be there to pick you up again
(and there won't)
be there to pick up up again

Chorus (x2)

An easy operator on the side of the road
A million dollar man in a lower-class home
Chopping trees for needs of a spiritual kind
Forever getting low while he tried to be high
He was an early morning eagle flying through from the fire
Barely getting over forget getting by
But it's all the same to Billy Kincade
If he had to do it over he would do it the same

Living in the end
He was living in the end

Polly and her pity wasn't pretty at all
She concentrated fully on the shine of the star
But your pennies, just a pension
She never let go
They always dominated everything that she owned
She was a queen with means, there wasn't nothing to wear,
And Daddy gave her everything she ever gon' need
But now it's all the same for Polly the Vain
If she had to do it over she would do it the same

She was living in the end
Yeah, living in the end

Are you all right darling, all right now?
You'll never be, never be the same.
Are you all right darling, all right now?
Don't you ever wanna, ever wanna see some change?

You didn't see it coming
that's the tale of his life
Easy operator laid to rest in the night
He had to take the hit it's always the same
That's the waste you see in killing Billy Kincade [?]
That's the waste you see in killing Billy Kincade [?]

Are you all right darling, all right now?
Don't you ever wanna, ever wanna see some change?

Are you all right darling, all right now?
Don't you ever wanna, ever wanna see some change?

Are you all right darling, all right now?
Don't you ever wanna, ever wanna see some change?

Who's that with his arms around you?
Making eyes at you that way?
Looks in love, man it looks familiar
Damn, it's me
Never thought I'd see that day
It's like I came to from sleeping
No more bed rails
I'm pulled to daylight by your voice
Not that I had any choice

Now there's something coming over me
I know it's you
And there's someone that I used to be
But he is through
And I know that it's forever
And it's hard to do
There's something coming over me
I know it's you

And now we're talking 'bout the future
And a future wide open
If we love, it'll be the best place
I've ever been
And it was you to the rescue
Did I mention that I've never felt like this before?
I'm powerless to fight it anymore

Now there's something coming over me
I know it's you
And there's someone that I used to be
But he is through
And I know that it's forever
And it's hard to do
There's something coming over me
I know it's you

Used to watch this game from the sidelines
Now it's time to get on in and play
You've been waiting there for me for my whole life
I saw you, I saw you
And I know that it's forever
And it's hard to do
There's something coming over me
I know it's you

Now there's something coming over me
I know it's you
And there's someone that I used to be
But he is through
And I know that it's forever
And it's hard to do
There's something coming over me
I know it's you

Iron winter, got me cold
Convicted like a criminal
Sharp and nimble, the wind unfold
Got me to my feet again
Past the mountain I hear a cry
Coming from the pinnacle
Oh, In the distance a city shines
Oh, what a welcoming

Been to the black rock
Found my salvation
Rendered me patient
But wearing me thin
So I’m

On the way back home
Seen the big show, thousand times
Got to get back what is mine
The only way I know
Feet been walking, thousand miles
Got to get back what is mine

Bless the evening, it’s showed the way
Back to where it all began
Oh, undercover I made my case
I'm quietly a gentleman
Man, To be a fool is such a waste
He'll eat until he’s sick of it
Why not stop when you find your place
And be happy that you made it in

Been to the black rock
Found my salvation
Rendered me patient
But wearing me thin
So I’m

On the way back home
Seen the big show, thousand times
Got to get back what is mine
The only way I know
Feet been walking, thousand miles
Got to get back what is mine

What is mine
Fallen time

On the way back home
Feet been walking, thousand miles
Got to get back what is mine
The only way I know
Feet been walking, thousand miles
Got to get back what is mine

On the way back home
I'm on my way
You know I'm on my way back
The only way I know

Getting what is mine
Gonna get it back, give it back now
I've come so far tonight

It's okay if you lock yourself up at the end of the day
And it's alright if you're gonna let us fade to nothing
You worked harder for nothing at all
Are you alright?
She asked me deep after dinner last night

Hold on and you've got to remember
Hold on and you've got to be strong
Hold on and you've got to remember
You've got to come back and you've got to be strong

Do you even hear me?
How far have you strayed from home?
Do you feel me or is it all gone?
Pick your pleasure; be sure that it's what you want
Are you alright?
She asked me deep after dinner last night

Hold on and you've got to remember
Hold on and you've got to be strong
Hold on and you've got to remember
You've got to come back and you've got to be strong
Hold on I know you remember
Right now, here you belong
Hold on man, you've got to be strong

Darling it won't be long
Sit with me, Darling it won't take long
But just believe in me
I'd never do you wrong
I was a million miles away just to live in my head
But I'm never going back to that place again
Now I'm all here with you

Hold on and you've got to remember
Hold on and you've got to be strong
Hold on and you've got to remember
You've got to come back and you've got to be strong
Hold on I know you remember
Hold on, with me you belong
Hold on man, it's here you belong
With me you belong
With me you belong

I never meant to hurt you, but knew I someday would
It's like I built a cabin, with matches between the wood
I'll be damned if I am happy, and you will pay the price
Strong becomes the lion, when he believes his own advice
I've got this one beat, I've got this one beat

I know it's empty in the open
Days apart from you
Ashes trace the skyline
And this burnout cabin too
I'll be damned if you forget me in this fire
I'll save your place
And keep it cool while I think of you
In the smoke I see your face
I've got this one beat; I've got this one beat
Rain come fall on me
Baby from the fallout hear me call out
I've got this one beat
Baby from the fallout hear me call out
I've got this one beat
In the fallout [X5]

Is this how it's gonna be?
Bending daylight here with me
I know the aftermath is harder that it seems
Is this how it's got to be?
In the fallout, the fallout, the fallout
I'm alone in the fallout

They say the sky is falling
Are the angels coming too?
I'm gonna catch them when they come
Catch them as they fall

Climb on top the tower, get me closer to the sky
I'll bring the memories back
And save them all for you
The fallout [X4]

You can hear me call out from that fallout
You can hear me call
Save me, save me from the enemy
Come save me, save me from these broken things
Fallout

From night to dawn
you soldiered on, did ya?
each day is a gift
but you led us strong
and kept us on, did ya?
like each day is a gift

I never thought that I'd be here with you
Saying all these words that I have to
but after all is said and all is done
I never meant to ever hurt no one

and nothing has to change
you and I are strange
passing in the night
between the darkness and the rain

at the crack of dawn
you grab my arm, did ya?
each day was a gift
you told me, "slow,
before I move on
you must remember each day is a gift."
I never understood what was for you
could never be for me this'll have to do
but after all you said and all you've done
I know you never meant to hurt no one

Chorus

nothing has to change
you and I can be strange
passing in the days
between the morning and the rain

I can see you now
Its like you were never gone

From dusk to dawn
you soldiered on
like each day was a gift
oh, you led us strong
but you couldn't hold on
and that's fine,
cause each day was a gift

I don't know when
I'll be home
so save a place for me till I get there
I don't know when
I'll be home
so save a place for me

For me (x4)

Oh, my God,
tell me this won't last forever
tell me that I'm not alone
tell me that this will come together now

Packed my things up
just the other day
said my goodbyes to all these things I've saved
out in the driveway
we laugh under the moon
I'm with my friends for now, but I'll be leaving soon

Chorus:
but many days from now, I'm sure
I'll be back among your graces
and with you I wont pretend
no, not at all

Crack the morning
up and run in quick
no sleep again last night,
that's the way it is
out in the open under broken skies
I feel every footstep,
I see everybody's eyes
oh, and this is summer in another world
far from the driveway and my baby girl
soon come the winter
with it, quiet nights
and darker days,
and darker fights

Chorus

Oh, the theater is burning
over at midnight
but never like this
hot under the fire
the stars are falling
but never like this

no, I hope you never see this
wait, wait for my love
don't forget me
never let me go
if you wait,
wait for my love
I remember never let you go
until I'm fine, fine, fine. (x2)

To be back in my room
I have the same dream every night
just me
among my things
no one else is there
there's no one left to fight
just me
among my things

Many nights from now, I know
I'll be back among your graces
Untill then I'll just pretend
that I'm not cold

Oh, my God!
tell me this won't last forever
tell me that I'm not alone
tell me this will come together
Oh, my God, you know

Wait, wait for my love
don't forget me
never let me down
and just wait,
wait for my love
I'll remember every one of you
and just wait,
wait for my love

Wait, wait for my love (x2)

Until I'm fine, fine, fine (x2)
I'll be fine, fine, fine (x2)

Don't fear the morning
it's okay
it's okay
hurt weighs heavy
it's okay
it's okay

When your body's
cold and shaking
I'll steal you, darling,
steal you
and when your body's
old and aging
I'll heal you, darling,
heal you

Your soul lights the day
I'm on my way
I'm on my way
when your soul filled with pain
I'm on my way
I'm on my way
well maybe, baby, its just me

look out the window
past the pines
through the rain
oh, skies will open
let sun shine
on your face
and when your mind is
old and fading
I'll heal you, darling,
heal you

Your soul lights the day
I'm on my way
I'm on my way
when your soul filled with pain
I'm on my way
I'm on my way
maybe, baby, it's just me
maybe, baby it's just

in a matter of
in a matter of days
we'll find love
yeah, in a matter of
in a matter of days
we'll find love

well maybe, baby, that's just love
and maybe, baby, it's just me

Chorus

Time is going to get easier on you
and its going to get easier on you
and its going to get easier on you
now its got to get easier on your

soul (x4)

your soul lights the way
lights the way
I'm on my way
well maybe, baby, it's just me