There's an echo pulling out the meaning Rescuing a nightmare from a dream The voices in my head are always screaming That none of this means anything to me And it's a long way back from seventeen The whispers turn into a scream and I'm I'm not coming home Save your breath, I'm nearly Bored to death and fading fast Life is too short to last long Back on earth, I'm broken Lost and cold and fading fast Life is too short to last long There's a stranger staring at the ceiling Rescuing a tiger from a tree The pictures in her head are always dreaming Each of them means everything to me And it's a long way back from seventeen The whispers turn into a scream and I'm I'm not coming home Save your breath, I'm nearly Bored to death and fading fast Life is too short to last long Back on earth, I'm broken Lost and cold and fading fast Life is too short to last long I think I met her at the minute that the rhythm was set down I said I'm sorry, I'm a bit of a letdown But all my friends are daring me to come over So I come over and over and over So let me buy you a drink and we'll pretend that you think That I'm the man of your dreams come to life in a dive bar And we'll go over and over and over And we'll go over and over and over And we'll go over and over and over And we'll go over and over and over Save your breath, I'm nearly Bored to death and fading fast Life is too short to last long Back on earth, I'm broken Lost and cold and fading fast Life is too short to last long (Life is too short to last long)

There's an echo pulling out the meaning Rescuing a nightmare from a dream The voices in my head are always screaming That none of this means anything to me And it's a long way back from seventeen The whispers turn into a scream And I, I'm not coming home Save your breath, I'm nearly Bored to death and fading fast Life is too short to last long There's a stranger staring at the ceiling Rescuing a tiger from a tree The pictures in her head are always dreaming Each of them means everything to me And it's a long way back from seventeen The whispers turn into a scream And I, I'm not coming home Save your breath, I'm nearly Bored to death and fading fast Life is too short to last long Back on Earth, I'm broken Lost and cold and fading fast Life is too short to last long

They press our teardrops into diamonds They change our sorrows into gold They're gonna turn our blood to rubies We just need someone we can hold Got an issue but it's getting bigger and bigger In the beginning it was something minor Got a rat up in my kitchen and we gotta get rid of it So we're bringing in a tiger There's something inside her Thought you were blissful I heard you did it with a pink-handled pistol But sadness, it tend to latch on And it won't let go like a pitbull Don't even know if you left a note Should we blame the Depakote? Or vilify the Abilify? You were trying to find your vanilla sky Then you unravel Face down on rock bottom, fucking chewing gravel Because a human's so fragile. What can you do? They press our teardrops into diamonds They change our sorrows into gold They're gonna turn our blood to rubies We just need someone we can hold They press our teardrops into diamonds But they can't change our hearts to stone They're gonna turn our blood to rubies I know that we are not alone We are not alone I know it's sappy But I want my family to be happy Without becoming flatter than a sheet of paper An army of zombies, shuffling through a vapor But I know folks who found something beautiful And they credit the pharmaceuticals For slaying the demons that they're running from It might have saved their lives, and I'm one of 'em But there's a limit to the shit you can endure You get a prescription and you're thinking that it's pure But baby, maybe it's a problem when you got a problem And you get addicted to the cure The spike ain't no mystery We're any penny in a billion dollar industry And there's a motherfucker on living on the hill, pushing pills Stacking bills off our misery Had a teaspoon that's full of pain Woah-oh Got an ocean that's full of sorrow Had a teaspoon that's full of pain Woah-oh Got an ocean that's full of sorrow They press our teardrops into diamonds They change our sorrows into gold They're gonna turn our blood to rubies We just need someone we can hold (Ah-ahh-ahhh) They press our teardrops into diamonds (Ah-ahh-ahhh-ahh) But they can't change our hearts to stone (Ah-ahh-ahhh) They're gonna turn our blood to rubies (Ah-ahhhh-ahh) I know that we are not alone We are not alone

Living, fighting, obsessing Just as long as I can share it all with you Yesterday, today, tomorrow, come rain, come shine Hell and back, the beginning, inbetween, till the end of time All that shines turns to rust All that stands in time Turns to dust As above, so below You ain't no fool and honey, I'm damn sure that you know Yesterday, today, tomorrow, come rain, come shine Hell and back, the beginning, inbetween, till the end of time All that shines turns to rust All that stands in time Turns to dust Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no... ah ah Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no... ah ah Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no... ah ah Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no... ah ah All that shines turns to rust All that stands in time Turns to dust All that shines turns to rust All that stands in time Turns to dust

Kill your past and all you thought you knew Blacked out, hatred running through and through Horsemen rolls, tomorrow's fading fast Make damn sure, ain't nothing's gonna last Oh, oh, ow Oh, ow Doomsday Jesus, we need you now Oh, oh, ow Oh, ow Doomsday Jesus, we need you now Souls that bleed have nowhere left to run Blind the crucifix and shoot the gun Generals speak, we leave a trail of dead Keep on killing 'til there's nothing left Oh, ow Oh, ow Doomsday Jesus, we need you now Oh, ow Oh, ow Doomsday Jesus, we need you now Doomsday Jesus, we need you now Doomsday Jesus, we need you now Doomsday Jesus, we need you now Oh, ow Oh, ow Doomsday Jesus, we need you now Oh, ow Oh, ow Doomsday Jesus, we need you now Doomsday Jesus, we need you now Doomsday Jesus, we need you now Doomsday Jesus, we need you now