IT'S NOT THE SAME ANYMORE, DAYS OF OLD ARE DAYS OF OLD
THERE'S NOT THE TASTE OF NOVELTY IN MY MOUTH, IT'S GONE FROM ME
WHILE IT'S THE END OF A TIME
IT'S THE START OF A NEW KIND OF LIFE
AND WEARILY WE MOVE ON, THROUGH IT ALL THROUGH IT ALL
CHORUS:
MY FEELING’S NOT QUITE SO STRONG, SOMETHING SEEMS SO AWFULLY WRONG
BUT WHILE PESSIMISTS PREDICT APOCALYPSE THERE IS SOME YOUNG GIRL GETTING HER FIRST KISS
I TURNED AROUND, SAW THE FROWN SAW THE APATHETIC FACE OF THIS TOWN
TURN AWAY, ONLY SAY THAT IT HATES AND DISLIKES AND COMPLAINS
BUT WHILE IT'S TRUE APATHY IS THE MOST NATURAL SUMMARY
ALL THE THRILLS THEY PULSE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT TOWN
CHORUS
BUT IN THESE ARMS I AM FREE
I AM SURE THAT I KNOW AT LEAST ONE THING
THAT THESE ARMS CARE FOR ME
WHETHER I CARE FOR THEM OR FOR SHE
YEAH IT'S THE END OF A TIME
IT'S THE START OF A NEW KIND OF LIFE
IT'S THE END OF A TIME
12. TWO YEARS
THE NEW KIDS ALL STAND ROUND
THEIR FACES YOUNG THEIR NEW DAYS JUST BEGUN
THE GIRL WITH GENTLE EYES WILL HAVE NO CHOICE SHE’LL BE THE FIRST TO GO
FROM PAST LIFE PAST FRIENDS SHE IS GONE
PRESSURE MAKES HER DO ANYTHING
PRESSURE MAKES CLIQUES, DISTORTS THE MIND INSIDE A THOUGHTFUL HEAD
CHORUS:
DON’T TAKE WHAT I HAVE TO SAY
WITH CONSEQUENCE IT’S JUST ME TODAY
I DON’T KNOW WHAT I WANT
BUT NEITHER DO YOU
IT’S THIS TIME OF YEAR AGAIN
OUTSIDE IS SO COLD BUT SO PRETTY TOO
WE ALL HUDDLE ‘ROUND BUT WE’VE ALL GOT DIFFERENT FEELINGS IN OUR VEINS
HOW CAN ONE PERSON TELL WHAT’S RUNNING RAMPANT IN ANOTHER’S WORLD?
WHEN EVERYONE HIDES WHAT THEY ARE IT’S HARD FOR ME TO KNOW
CHORUS
WE WALKED DOWN THAT SAME OLD STAIRWAY FOR TWO YEARS
NOW WE’RE OLDER LIFE’S BEEN SOBERED BUT WE’RE STILL FRIENDS
THINGS YOU SAY WON’T GO AWAY THEY’LL ALWAYS STAY
THEY’LL ALWAYS STAY
CHORUS
OR MAYBE YOU DO
credits
from Two Years,
released August 26, 2008
ENGINEERED BY BRIAN BROWN AT ATTERCOP SOUND IN SEATTLE, WA; PRODUCED BY BRIAN BROWN, JULIEN CARLSON AND NEW FACES AT ATTERCOP SOUND AND CHROMA SOUND IN SEATTLE, WA; MASTERED BY MARTIN FEVEYEAR AT JUPITER STUDIOS IN SEATTLE, WA
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