Let me be your fortress, I'll let you in Hideaway your secrets, I'll carry them You're the one I've wanted to defend If you let me be the hero I've never been 'Cause our hearts can't cover the tracks We both see where we keep comin' back I don't care what you've said in the past Out of the forest behind my door's a fortress Out of the forest behind my door's a fortress Let me be the war already won You can be the nation where I come from We can be the kingdom yet to come If you let me be, let me be the one 'Cause our hearts can't cover the tracks We both see where we keep comin' back I don't care what we've said in the past Out of the forest behind my door's a fortress Out of the forest behind my door's a fortress Evergreens, evergreens all up ahead of me Blazin' a trail with the enemy textin' me You like the best of me, not all the rest of me Reminds of 70, put 'em amphetamines Forever don't know what it meant to me Everything anyone ever has said to me But you call my reverie, like you were sent to me Must climb to the mezzanine, stay till we're 70 Under the stars at 70 years Out of the forest behind my door's a fortress Fortress Out of the forest behind my door's a fortress

Too long 'til fall, sick summer in bed You and a lazy mood Ten times the fall, spread, sacked, and I've failed Nobody move, nobody move Too long to fall, sat shiver in bed You and a test of will Too many fallen, too many failed Nobody move, nobody move Days with the light off, freezing You and I, uneasy, livid Stop, it's too late I'm feeling frustrated I see no sign of fortress I see no sign of fortress Stop, it's too late I'm feeling frustrated I see no sign of fortress I see no sign of fortress Stop, it's too late I'm feeling frustrated I see no sign of fortress I see no sign of fortress Stop, it's too late I'm feeling frustrated I see no sign of fortress I see no sign of fortress Safety is a Cootie Wootie with you Never pretend the chill Too many shadows, too many sails Nobody move, nobody move Summer is only winter with you How can you really feel? Two of another, none of a pair Nobody move, nobody move Days with the light off, freezing You and I, uneasy, livid Stop, it's too late I'm feeling frustrated I see no sign of fortress I see no sign of fortress Stop, it's too late I'm feeling frustrated I see no sign of fortress I see no sign of fortress Stop, it's too late I'm feeling frustrated I see no sign of fortress I see no sign of fortress Stop, it's too late I'm feeling frustrated I see no sign of fortress I see no sign of fortress Stop, it's too late (another delay) I'm feeling frustrated (too many hassles) I see no sign of fortress (where do we go?) I see no sign of fortress (how do we follow?) Stop, it's too late (another delay) I'm feeling frustrated (too many hassles) I see no sign of fortress (where do we go?) I see no sign of fortress (how do we follow?) Another delay, too many hassles Where do we go? How do we follow? Another delay, too many hassles Where do we go? How do we follow?

Oh, touching He can't have it I can tease Oh, lie with me Tired of living on my own, baby Oh, how dear, when I see (Have it when it's waiting for you) Oh, no, you see the way and I can't see (Have it when it's waiting for you) I can't my baby (You're down, I know) I can't my baby, oh I can't my baby I can't my baby I am on my own Oh, I don't know how Oh, be on time oh Oh, I don't know how (Have it when it's waiting for you) Oh, be on time (Have it when it's waiting for you) I can't my baby (I won't today) I can't my baby (And I will know where I'm from) I don't know how my baby Here I am, running in the dark Here I am, running away Here I am, running in the dark Here I am, running away

I'll wait at the gates Or is it a fortress? I'm calling the blame Just let me own it There are things I thought I could rise above And all the things I thought I was better than And a coward might call it a conscience And a liar might call it the truth Nothing could ever make me more frightened Than the thought of hurting you Watching you float across the isle of sand Before the fireworks began I closed my eyes And wrap my arms around you Do you remember what I whispered love? Do you remember what I whispered, love? This is how it's meant to be This is where we're supposed to be I don't think anyone Has ever loved anyone The way I loved you So I wait at the gates Of your fortress I'm calling the blame And she'll let me hold it And all the things I thought I could rise above I could not And all the things I thought I was better than I am not And a coward might call it a conscience And a liar might call it the truth Nothing could ever make me more frightened Than the thought of hurting you How could I hurt you? Watching you float across the isle of sand Before the fireworks began I closed my eyes And wrapped my arms around you Do you remember what I whispered love? Do you remember what I whispered, love? This is how it's meant to be This is where we're supposed to be I don't think anyone Could ever love anyone The way I love you The way I love you The way I love you This is how it's meant to be This is where we're supposed to be I don't think anyone Could ever love anyone The way that I love you The way I love you

Am I lost to wonder forever Perhaps for the rest of my days? If all that has been surrendered will just go to waste You left me out in the distance To wander this world on my own Sometimes it's so hard to admit it but I can't let go I can't let you go Go on and take it all Go on and take it all, fortress coming down I know we can't save it all No we can't save it all, everything is gone Oh, I have seen it all Oh, I have seen it all, the fortress coming down Go on and take it all Go on and take it all One thing I know is for certain We cannot have all we want Still this will not stop the hurting, it is never gone Now I hold on to the one thing Too fragile to stand on its own The fortress we built it is crumbling still I can't let go I can't let you go Go on and take it all Go on and take it all, fortress coming down I know we can't save it all No we can't save it all, everything is gone Oh, I have seen it all Oh, I have seen it all, the fortress coming down Go on and take it all Go on and take it all, fortress coming down Oh, there'll come a time, this I know There'll come a time, you'll look back and regret when it's gone You'll look back and regret when it's gone There'll come a time, this I know There'll come a time, you look back and regret when it's gone You'll look back and regret when it's gone In the end, too far gone, this I can't deny Still I keep holding on, you know There's still time On the outside looking in everything seems fine But the fortress caving in comes down On me tonight Go on and take it all Go on and take it all, fortress coming down I know we can't save it all No we can't save it all, everything is gone Oh, I have seen it all Oh, I have seen it all, the fortress coming down Go on and take it all Go on and take it all Just take it all Just take it all Just take it all

Once you're lost In twilight's blue You don't find your way The way finds you Tempt the fates Beware the smile It hides all the teeth, my dear And what's behind them So glad you could stay forever So glad you could stay forever So glad you could stay forever So glad you could stay forever He steps between the trees A crooked man There's blood on the blade Don't take his hand You warm by the firelight In twilight's blue Shadows creep and dance the walls He's creeping too So glad you could stay forever So glad you could stay forever So glad you could stay forever So glad you could stay forever So glad you could stay So glad you could So glad, so glad you could stay So glad you could stay

Fast approaching Monsters, marching in a row Grab what slips your mind and what your memory won't hold Run, darling run I'll stall them if I can You'll escape and I'll be left rotting on the vine Ah, ah, oh, oh Ah, ah, oh, oh Run, darling run I'll stall them if I can You'll escape and I'll be left rotting on the vine Avert the childrens eyes, forget left untold Don't look back to see the blood river in the road Ah, ah, oh, oh Ah, ah, oh, oh Lets get revenge with my blood River in the road

Holding hands Skipping like a stone On our way To see what we have done The first to speak Is the first to lie The children cross Their hearts and hope to die Bite your tongue Swear to keep your mouth shut Ask yourself Will I burn in hell Then write it down And cast it in the well There they are The mob, it cries for blood To twist the tale Into firewood Fan the flames With a little lie Then turn your cheek Until the fire dies The skin, it peels Like the truth, away What it was I will never say Bite your tongue, swear to keep Keep your mouth shut Make up something, make up something good Holding hands Skipping like a stone Burn the witch Burn to ash and bone Burn the witch Burn to ash and bone Burn the witch Burn to ash and bone

I don't care what the people say If you gotta knock, then go away Oh, fears, ideas, they grow like a weed Used to wash my brain, but dirty thoughts just came and came No time in life for shit Spoonful by the pound, ain't having it Do you practice to preach or pretend to be? You a tiger, a trash can, royalty? Don't care what the people say Going deaf deliberately And the wolf's on the creep with the sheep on the merry-go-round And the wolf's on the creep with the sheep on the merry-go-round And the shepherd sleeps while the blood seeps into the ground On the outskirts of town where the headlights bleed Oh, Teen Angels in tangles I don't care if the people grow They all say done did doesn't make it so That school or a prison? Looks same to me I got one eye open and one hand free I don't care what the people know The world's gonna end in a month or so You may run the institutional learning facility But you don't run her, and you don't run me I don't care what the people say Got a tip for your trip, cop stopping me And the wolf's on the creep with the sheep on the merry-go-round And the wolf's on the creep with the sheep on the merry-go-round And the shepherd sleeps while the blood seeps into the ground On the outskirts of town where the headlights bleed Oh, Teen Angels Tonight is the night The kids are taking you to school Tonight is the night Setting fires, breaking the rules Tonight is the night You ain't who we answer to Tonight is the night You ain't so fucking cool We got our eye on you And the wolf's on the creep with the sheep on the merry-go-round And the wolf's on the creep with the sheep on the merry-go-round Tonight is the night The kids are taking you to school Well, tonight is the night So what you gonna do? Tonight is the night Setting fires, breaking the rules Well, tonight is the night Future tripping, skipping school Tonight is the night You ain't who we answer to Tonight is the night The tables gonna turn on you We got our eye on you

The sky is falling Human race that we run Is left me crawling Staring straight at the sun Only a moment I notice Every dog has his day I paid attention Cost me so much to today For so long I saw only wrong But now to remind It's a waste of time Close your eyes And see the skies are falling Close your eyes And see the skies are falling I wanted something Nothing blank I don't know It's all deflecting Stones are easy to throw Only a moment I notice Hours, days left behind Of wasted, useless Selfless, none of a kind For so long I saw only wrong But now to remind Not to go back to the low That has drained my life so low That has drained my life so low That has drained my life so low That has drained my Close your eyes And see the skies are falling Close your eyes And see the skies are falling Close your eyes And see the skies are falling Close your eyes And see the skies are falling Close your eyes And see the skies are falling Close your eyes And see the skies are falling Close your eyes And see the skies are falling Close your eyes And see the skies are falling