She’s got a target painted on her back
And keeps a list of the qualities a good girl lacks
She bites her lip and tips her bottle
I take a drink ’cause the truth is hard to swallow, oh

Sex and white lies
Handcuffs and alibis
She lays her halo on the pillow as she sleeps
Her heart beats red wine
My toxic valentine
Lays her halo on the pillow that used to be mine
Oh, oh

I live a lifestyle full of first impressions
I’ve got my hands full of unhealthy obsessions
She bites my lip
I’m sure to follow
We take a drink to the guilty and the hollowed
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Sex and white lies
Handcuffs and alibis
She lays her halo on the pillow as she sleeps
Her heart beats red wine
My toxic valentine
Lays her halo on the pillow that used to be mine
Oh, oh
My toxic valentine
Oh, oh
My toxic valentine

‘Cause I’m not the type to forget
Or to bury my head
Just take off your wings
They could never get you quite as high as I did
And you know it

Sex and white lies
Handcuffs and alibis
She lays her halo on the pillow as she sleeps
Her heart beats red wine
My toxic valentine
Lays her halo on the pillow that used to be

Sex and white lies
Handcuffs and alibis
She lays her halo on the pillow as she sleeps
Her heart beats red wine
My toxic valentine
My toxic valentine
Lays her halo on the pillow that used to be
She lays her halo on the pillow that used to be mine

Intro:
D Bm Em A 2x

D Bm
Oh my God, I’m such a terrible mess
Em
I’m turned on by the tabloids
A
You would never have guessed
D
That I’m a sucker for their gossip
Bm
Man, I take it too far
Em
I bottle up my Hollywood
A
And watch ‘em name their kids after cars

Bm A
I’m finding me out
G
I’m having my doubts
G
I’m losing the best of me

Chorus:

D A
We’re all part of the same
Bm
Sick little games
G
And I need to get away, get away
D A
I’m wasting my days
Bm
I throw them away
G
Losing it all on these sick little games

D Bm Em A

D Bm
I fell in love, she was the friend of a sister
Em A
Of somebody famous at least for a day
D Bm
Expensive habits and a taste for the town
Em
Had me chasin down red carpets
A
And watching all my friends slip away

Bm A
They’re finding me out
G
I’m having my doubts
G
I’m losing the best of me
Bm A
Dressed up as myself
G
To live in the shadow
G
Of who I’m supposed to be

Chorus:

D A
We’re all part of the same
Bm
Sick little games
G
And I need to get away, get away
D A
I’m wasting my days
Bm
I throw them away
G
Losing it all on these sick little games

G
If I play my cards right
Bm
I could make the big time
D A
I could be a reason to stare
G
Caught up in the spot light
Bm
Shaking from the stage fright
A
How did I end up here?

chorus:

D A
All part of the same
Bm
Sick little games
G
And I need to get away, get away, get away, get away

D A
We’re all part of the same
Bm
Sick little games
G
And I need to get away, get away
D A
I’m wasting my days
Bm
I throw them away
G
Losing it all on these sick little games

D A
All part of the same
Bm
Sick little games
G
And I need to get away, get away, get away, get away

intro:

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Verse 1: (power chords)

A E B C#
I’ve fought it for a long time now
A E B B A#
While drowning in a river of denial
A E B C#
I washed up, fixed up, picked up
D B
All my broken things

for the E chords, go to the low E
A E B C#
‘Cause you left me police tape, chalk line
A E B C#
Tequila shots in the dark scene of the crime
A E B C#
Suburban living with a feeling that I’m giving up
D B
Everything for you

Chorus:
E A
Oh, oh, oh How was I supposed to know
C# B
That you were oh, oh, over me? I think that I should go
C# A
And something’s telling me to leave but I won’t
A
‘Cause I’m damned if I do ya, damned if I don’t

Intro:

Verse: (power chords)
A E B C#
It took a lot to take you home
A E B B A#
One stupid call and I end up alone
A E B C#
You’re made up, dressed up messed up
D B
plans I set in stone

A E B C#
But you made me do and I don’t like
A E B C#
dancing in the alley with a streetrat night life
A E B C#
Can’t keep living with a feeling that I’m giving up
D B
Everything for you

Chorus:
E A
Oh, oh, oh How was I supposed to know
C# B
That you were oh, oh, over me? I think that I should go
C# A
And something’s telling me to leave but I won’t
A
‘Cause I’m damned if I do ya, damned if I don’t

Bridge:
A B C#
Make a fool of myself when you hang around
A E B
When you’re gone I’m a match that’s burning out
A E A# A
Could have been, should have done what I said I was going to do
Am
But I never promised you
Promised you, promised you

Chorus:
E A
Oh, oh, oh how was I supposed to know
C# B
That you were oh, oh, over me? I think that I should go
C# A
It never took a fool to see the things that I won’t
A
‘Cause I’m damned if I do ya
B
Damned if I do ya

E A
Oh, oh, oh How was I supposed to know
C# B
That you were oh, oh, over me? I think that I should go
C# A
And something’s telling me to leave but I won’t
A
‘Cause I’m damned if I do ya, damned if I d-d-d-
A
Damned if I do ya
Damned if I don’t

Intro:

When the lights go off
I wanna watch the way you
Take the stage by storm
The way you wrap those boys around your finger
Go on and play the leader
‘Cause you know it’s what you’re good at
The low road for the fast track
Make every second last

‘Cause I got your picture
I’m coming with you
Dear Maria, count me in
There’s a story at the bottom of this bottle
And I’m the pen
Make it count when I’m the one
Who is selling you out
‘Cause it feels like stealing hearts
Calling your name from the crowd

Then in the field you’ll be the show girl of the home team
I’ll be the narrator
Telling another tale of the American dream

I see your name in lights
We can make you a star
Girl, we’ll take the world by storm
It isn’t that hard

‘Cause I got your picture
I’m coming with you
Dear Maria, count me in
There’s a story at the bottom of this bottle
And I’m the pen
Make it count when I’m the one
Who is selling you out
‘Cause it feels like stealing hearts
Calling your name from the crowd
Whoa…

Ha ha…

Take a breath, don’t it sound so easy
Never had a doubt
Now I’m going crazy watching from the floor
Take a breath and let the rest come easy
Never settle down
‘Cause the cash flow leaves me always wanting more

‘Cause I got your picture
I’m coming with you
Dear Maria, count me in
There’s a story at the bottom of this bottle
And I’m the pen
Make it count when I’m the one
Who is selling you out
‘Cause it feels like stealing hearts
Calling your name from the crowd

‘Cause I got your picture
I’m coming with you
Dear Maria, count me in
There’s a story at the bottom of this bottle

Time to lay claim
To the evidence fingerprints sold me out
But our footprints washed away from the docks downtown
And its been getting late for days
And I feel myself deserving of
A little time off.
We can kick it here for hours,
And just mouth off about the world
And how we know it’s going straight to Hell

Pass me another bottle honey
The Jaeger’s so sweet
But if it keeps you around then I’m down

Meet me on Thames Street
I’ll take you out though
I’m hardly worth your time
In the cold you look so fierce
But I’m warming up because the tension’s like a fire
We’ll hit South Broadway in a matter of minutes
And like a bad movie I’ll drop a line
Fall in a grave I’ve been digging myself
But there’s room for two
Six feet under the stars

I should have known better
Then to call you out
(on a night like this, a night like this)
If not for you I know I’d tear this place to the ground
(I’m alright like this, alright like this)
I’m gonna roll the dice before you sober up and get gone
(I’m always in over my head)

Thames Street I’ll take you out though
I’m hardly worth your time.
In the cold you look so fierce
But I’m warming up because the tension’s like a fire
We’ll hit South Broadway in a matter of minutes
And like a bad movie I’ll drop a line
Fall in a grave I’ve been digging myself
But there’s room for two
Six feet under the stars

Time to lay claim
To the evidence fingerprints sold me out
But our footprints washed away
I’m guilty but I’m safe for one more day
Overdressed and underage
Do you really need to see an ID?
This is embarrassing as hell
But I can cover for it so well
When we’re six feet under the stars

Thames Street I’ll take you out
Though I’m hardly worth your time.
In the cold you look so fierce
But I’m warming up because the tension’s like a fire
Well hit South Broadway in a matter of minutes
And like a bad movie I’ll drop a line
Fall in a grave I’ve been digging myself
But there’s room for two six feet under the stars

Get me out of this place, before I cause more damage,
a small price to pay for building houses out of matchsticks;
and when things get too hot, you’ve got me to blame for,
every fire that breaks out in every lover’s name, {so…}

Don’t forget, we’ve got unfinished business,
stories yet to unfold,
tales that must be retold,
and I regret not knowing when to put an end to all this madness,
keeps me wanting,
keeps me wanting more…

Sell me out I’m yesterday’s old news,
phrases left on paper,
black ink bleeding through
the pages where we made our history.
Call me foolish,
I feel hopeless…

Running from lions, never felt like such a mistake (Like a dear caught in the headlights)
Running from lions, never felt like such a mistake (I won’t know what hit me…)
Running from lions, never felt like such a mistake (Like a dear caught in the headlights)
Running from lions, never felt like such a… (I won’t know what hit me…)

Don’t forget, we’ve got unfinished business,
stories yet to unfold,
tales that must be retold,
and I regret not knowing when to put an end to all this madness,
keeps me wanting,
keeps me wanting more…

I said, “I still hear the rain.”
These images have filled my head
Now keep my fingers from making mistakes
Tell my voice what it takes to speak up, speak up
and keep my conscious clean when I wake

Don’t make this easy
I want you to mean it, Jasey
(Say you mean it)
You’re dressed to kill
I’m calling you in
(Don’t waste your time on me)

Now there’s an aching in my back,
A sudden pain that says I lack
the common sense and confidence
to bring her hands to promises
that I’m making time for desperate conversation.
Holding my knife could be better than this in the end.
(Just say when)

Don’t make this easy
I want you to mean it, Jasey
(Say you mean it)
You’re dressed to kill
I’m calling you in
(Don’t waste your time on me)

I’ve never told a lie, and that makes me a liar.
I’ve never made a bet, but we gamble with desire.
I’ve never lit a match with intent to start a fire,
but recently the flames are getting out of control.

Calling your name, kill me with words.
Forget about me, it’s what I deserve.
I was your chance out of your town,
but I took the car and left you to…

…wait outside.
I hope the air will start to remind you
to get me out of this place.
I’ll remember your face
and my words are as big
as the beating in my chest.

He woke up from dreaming and put on his shoes
Starting making his way past 2 in the morning
He hasn’t been sober for days

Leaning now into the breeze
Remembering Sunday, he falls to his knees
They had breakfast together
But two eggs don’t last
Like the feeling of what he needs

Now this place seems familiar to him
She pulled on his hand with a devilish grin
She led him upstairs, she led him upstairs
Left him dying to get in

Forgive me, I’m trying to find
My calling, I’m calling at night
I don’t mean to be a bother,
But have you seen this girl?
She’s been running through my dreams
And it’s driving me crazy, it seems
I’m going to ask her to marry me

Even though she doesn’t believe in love,
He’s determined to call her bluff
Who could deny these butterflies?
They’re filling his gut

Waking the neighbors, unfamiliar faces
He pleads though he tries
But he’s only denied
Now he’s dying to get inside

Forgive me, I’m trying to find
My calling, I’m calling at night
I don’t mean to be a bother,
But have you seen this girl?
She’s been running through my dreams
And it’s driving me crazy, it seems
I’m going to ask her to marry me

The neighbors said she moved away
Funny how it rained all day
I didn’t think much of it then
But it’s starting to all make sense
Oh, I can see now that all of these clouds
Are following me in my desperate endeavor
To find my whoever, whoever she may be

[Juliet Simms:]
I’m not coming back (forgive me)
I’ve done something so terrible
I’m terrified to speak (I’m not calling, I’m not calling)
But you’d expect that from me
I’m mixed up, I’ll be blunt, now the rain is just (You’re driving me crazy, I’m)
Washing you out of my hair and out of my mind
Keeping an eye on the world,
From so many thousands of feet off the ground, I’m over you now
I’m at home in the clouds, and towering over your head

[Alex Gaskarth:]
“Well I guess I’ll go home now…
I guess I’ll go home now…
I guess I’ll go home now…
I guess I’ll go home”