Knowin', you stand by me Through good and bad Makes all the difference, in my life Day by day, sweetheart I find These are the ties, that bind The little things you do, that please me so Oh, the way you always understand When simple joys, bring peace of mind These are the ties, that bind You're all I need, to see me through Can I say more, than this my love? I live just, for your kiss my love And I live, for your kiss my love Forever, and a day, my love will live Oh, the flame of love will never die So heart and soul, please say you're mine Held by the ties, that bind

I tear on the leash That keeps me contained and controlled Let me go, I want to break free And bite my way out of this hole One last hope To rise and break away Above the faded line Way beyond the ties that bind This I know The risk is worth the gain It's worth the sacrifice Way beyond the ties that bind I run but the chains Pull me right back to the floor You control, I rattle the cage I won't be your slave anymore One last hope To rise and break away Above the fading line Way beyond the ties that bind This I know The risk is worth the gain It's worth the sacrifice Way beyond the ties that bind You broke me into pieces Don't tell me what to be Damn you all, I'm gonna find my way One last hope To rise and break away Above the fading line Way beyond the ties that bind This I know The risk is worth the gain It's worth the sacrifice Way beyond the ties that bind -Solo-

Tell me what you thought about when you were gone and so alone The worst is over You can have the best of me We got older, but we're still young We never grew out of this feeling that we won't give up Here we lay again On two separate beds Riding phone lines To meet a familiar voice And pictures drawn from memory We reflect on miscommunications And misunderstandings And missing each other too Much to have had to let go We turn our music down And we whisper Say what you're thinking right now Tell me what you thought about when you were gone and so alone The worst is over You can have the best of me We got older But we're still young We never grew out of this feeling that we won't give up Jumping to conclusions Made me fall away from you I'm so glad that the truth has brought back together me and you We're sitting on the ground (we're sitting on the ground) And we whisper (and we whisper) Say what you're thinking out loud Tell me what you thought about when you were gone and so alone The worst is over You can have the best of me We got older But we're still young We never grew out of this feeling that we won't give up We turn our music down And we whisper We're sitting on the ground And we whisper We turn our music down We're sitting on the ground The next time I'm in town We will kiss, girl We will kiss, girl Tell me what you thought about when you were gone and so alone The worst is over You can have the best of me We got older But we're still young We never grew out of this feeling that we won't Feeling that we can't That we're not ready to give up We got older, but we're still young We never grew out of this feeling that we won't give up

All along I thought something would go wrong Didn't you? Walls were up We never pushed our luck Like we wanted to Every time I lose myself I find I'm left alone But you need to know For you I'd break these walls And I'd choose to fall I'm gonna cross that line For you The sun is down I thought you'd be gone by now Didn't you? Autumn night I watch your face in the firelight And I say to you Every time I loose myself I find I'm left alone But you need to know For you I'd break these walls And I'd choose to fall I'm going to cross that line For you I don't know the right way Wonder what you'd say if I let go For you I'd break these walls And I'd choose to fall I'm gonna cross that line For you Tonight For you I'd break these walls And I'd choose to fall I'm gonna to cross that line For you The sun is down I thought you'd be gone by now

Enough is enough and it's time for a change We're all gonna die and we have ourselves to blame From needles in our arms and banging coke off the counters Ring rat diseases, botched moves, and concussions I just want to perform for you Take every bump night after night Is that too much for me to ask of you? It's all we have and that's the bottom line And that's the bottom line And that's the bottom line I used to be a brother, but now I'm just a son We've got the Von Erich's curse and a loaded shotgun I'm not sad that my foots halfway in the door I'm too old for this shit I should've stopped at 24 I just want to perform for you Take every bump night after night Is that too much for me to ask of you? It's all we have and that's the bottom line And that's the bottom line And that's the bottom line Look out for Pillman He's got a pistol He wrestles pencils What I just want to perform for you Take every bump night after night Is that too much for me to ask of you? It's all we have and that's the bottom line And that's the bottom line And that's the bottom line And that's the bottom line And that's the bottom line

Burst into heaven Kiss in the cotton clouds Arctic sheets and fields of wheat I can't stop coming down Your shrunken head Looking down on me above Send me home like an elephant stone To smash my dream of love Dreaming 'til the sun goes down And night turns into day Rooms are empty, I've got plenty You could move in right away Seems like there's a hole In my dreams In my dreams In my dreams Down through the heavens Choke on the cotton clouds Arctic sheets and fields of wheat I can't stop coming down Your shrunken head Looking down on me above Send me home like an elephant stone To smash my dream of love Didn't your bed and bookshelf go And run, run, run away These four walls saw the rise and fall And your midnight getaway Seems like there's a hole In my dreams Or so it seems Yet nothing means anything Anymore

Gallows end waiting for the ones in line They defied the hands of doom Reign of death, turning everything to waste By the power of the king born With a heart of stone Like a devil's spawn Strive to crush the dreams of everyone below Only death relieves When their eyes turns black And the horrors will remain, with the heart of stone Heart of stone, heart of stone No one knows what goes on within those walls But the silence says it all No regrets by the ones who form the line They have had enough at last and With a heart of stone Like a devil's spawn Strive to crush the dreams of everyone below Only death relieves When their eyes turns black And the horrors will remain, with the heart of stone Heart of stone, heart of stone Heart of stone, heart of stone Death is knocking upon your gate of twisted lies Mark my words, there won't be another day this time Death is knocking upon your gate of twisted lies Mark my words, there won't be another day this time Gallows end waiting for the ones in line They defied the hands of doom Reign of death, turning everything to waste By the power of the king born With a heart of stone Like a devil's spawn Strive to crush the dreams of everyone below Only death relieves When their eyes turns black And the horrors will remain With the heart of stone Like a devil's spawn Strive to crush the dreams of everyone below Only death relieves When their eyes turns black And the horrors will remain, with the heart of stone Heart of stone, heart of stone

Why do I hate you What did you do that made this so I'll try to kill you Break your heart and your home I caught you throwing stones You saw me shoot em down Who cast the first stone We all hit the ground You know I hate you You took my home and family I'll try to break you With my soul and sanity You caught me throwing stones I saw you shoot em down Who cast the first stone We all hit the ground \N (Solo) Why do you hate me What did I do that made this so You've tried to break me Took my life, not my soul I caught you throwing stones You saw me shoot em down Who cast the first stone We all hit the ground I'll make you black and blue So fucked you never knew Your wife and children too It all comes around