Lost in Space
I’ve been a bad boy
Went and told her it was all real
The sky was falling the whole time
Now yesterday’s so far from here
Goddamn the merry men and wives
Asleep in their shiny happy homes
When all she wanted was a picture of the dream
But it’s fast times when we all end up alone
And all I got say is
That mister was right
Mommy got a gun and she took her life
Painted up a picture, evergreen
The most beautiful eyes you’d ever seen
When she cries
Oh love, I wonder what that’s like?
And everybody’s paying
To fall in love
The fairytale lie
For a couple a bucks
They’re calling on the phone
For trips to outer space
To get lost
I wonder how long that takes?
Tired leaves are screamin' in the trees
The parking lot babes are callin names, getting paid
A child smiles in an upstairs apartment
You can almost feel the sun come out
Goddamn the alley cats and stripes
Another year in a movie of this life
The stars want money, the fools want fame
Sometimes good and bad are the same
And all I got say is
That mister was right
Mommy got a gun and took her life
Painted up a picture, evergreen
The most beautiful eyes you’d ever seen
When she cries
Oh love, I wonder...
And everybody’s paying
To fall in love
The fairytale lie
For a couple a bucks
They’re calling on the phone
For trips to outer space
To get lost
I wonder how long that takes?
Written by Chad Sugg
Now or Nevermind
Goodbye, I guess
It ends like this
I'm just another mess
So long, my friends,
The underground kids
Sure, we're sad, but we're infinite
Could you kiss me like you used to
When we were young
'Cause growing up like this ain't easy
But we're not done
Where will I go
When yesterday is gone
And come this time next year
Will I still be your favorite song?
These nights, these years
We held like flashlights toward the sky
Just waiting for a sign
Old friends, new fears
We watched as our lives passed us by
It's now or nevermind
Is this all we are?
Passing lights and shooting stars
Could you kiss me like you used to
When we were young
'Cause growing up like this ain't easy
But we're not done
Where will I go
When yesterday is gone
And come this time next year
Will I still be your favorite song?
Did I waste my teenage dreams,
Or did they waste me?
I still remember the things I should
The parking lots and all the "wish I coulds"
Is this all we are?
Passing lights and shooting stars
Could you kiss me like you used to
When we were young
'Cause growing up like this ain't easy
But we're not done
Where will I go
When yesterday is gone
And come this time next year
Will I still be your favorite song?
Written by Chad Sugg
A Love Like Ours
I didn't write this song about you, I swear
It's just a coincidence
That these words might hurt
I didn't know the when, the why, or the where
But the future is innocent
It don't get much worse
I never meant for this, this lie, this wish to be
So much a part of me
But sometimes shit just happens
A love like ours
It's something unforgettable
Is there something I'm forgetting or
Are you just not ready
I hate this part
You know the one where my breathing stops
Stop stop, don't go
I didn't write this song about me, I swear
I'm just singing lyrics
That showed up in my head
A just one more last chord for the girl
If only you'd hear it
From the corners of your bed
I never knew I'd lose my mind, my soul, my means
Of just getting over me
But sometimes shit just happens
I took a chance and I fell again
From the rooftops, it's not easy
I didn't know what you would have done
If you had nothing or without me
Every time I look around
I take a breathe and say, "I love you still"
Every time I say that you think I'm just lying
I'm not lying
I never knew I'd lose my mind, my soul, my means
If you wanna know the truth about why
I can't sleep at night
It's not something I like to talk about
If you're gonna leave, just watch the sky
The stars above will light
Your way back to my... we could talk it out
Yeah, maybe we could talk it out
Written by Chad Sugg
Tilly
Tilly loves this song
I tell her it's about her and we carry on
With our lives
She goes left and I go right
That's how we do
Tilly loves her hair
She cuts it off when the summer turns to winter and
The passing years
Sound like music to her ears
It's all working out
Yeah, it's all working out
I can tell you love me all the way
I didn't even know you yesterday
Do you wanna, wanna be my endless summer?
And if you had to, could you picture us together?
Sippin' on some sun on a Saturday
Gettin' high to the lines on the interstate
Going nowhere fast
And I'll write you a letter
I promise, promise
It don't get much better than this
Return to sender
But you promised, promised
Now you're the one I miss
Tilly broke my heart
With a smile on her face in a t-shirt
That said "I'm lost"
I guess the ride comes with the cost
Of that and growing up
Tilly loves Johnny and June
Says she's sorry, but there's really not too much room
Left in her chest
For a boy who can't confess
What it is he wants
Man, I wish just once
That I could be the one
I knew I'd miss you
From the moment we met
Your hair was long
And I was young
Just let me kiss you
One more time
Before this chorus ends
Yeah one more time
Just a one more time
Before this summer ends
Don't let this summer end
Don't let my summer end
Written by Chad Sugg
Bad For You
I'm shakin'
Girl you got me wrapped 'round your fingertips
Oh your smile
I don't care about the way
The day of the week
Nothing's been the same
Since you met me
I'm shakin'
Girl you got me mad now
My hands are shivering cold
And you know why
You eat me up inside
People like you don't come around
All too often, I'm in trouble now
Cause I think
No, no, no I know
I got it bad
Bad for you
I'm shakin'
Nervous like I know how to say
I'm ready
How 'bout you
Do you hear it?
That's the sound of my heart, like a drum
That's the sound of my heart, like a song
That's the sound of our hearts, one in one
I'm shakin'
It's getting cold out this year
Is dragging along like it knows how
I hate this place, yeah, especially the sound
Of the shuffling, the how are yous, the sweater songs
Our neighbors upstairs making love with the tv on
Written by Chad Sugg
Killing Me Softly
All my friends
Are going crazy
Am I the only one here who thinks the waiting
Is the worst part?
How the hell
Did I get here
The future sings a song that's never clear
Until it's gone and I just lose the feeling
Spin me
Like a record
Move me
Like a slow song, baby
Hurt me
Like a bad dream
You can bet I got
What you need
Mess me up
Something good
All is right in the neighborhood
You got a Run DMC shirt on
Looking at me like I'm the one you want
I think the end
Is coming soon
You'll take it all off it you know what's good for you
That's what we say when this place gets lonely
I know I'm gonna regret this
But I just have to say you look well
Why do I do this to myself
It's a lie, I get dizzy
As the room starts to spin
It's over then it starts again (but anyway)
These things I do are killing me
These things I say are killing me
Softly, slowly
Uptown girls
The mystery
I'm sorry kid, but you don't mean a thing to me
Sure it hurts, but I'm never lonely
Spin me
Like a record
Move me
Like you mean it, baby
Up and down
What's not to like?
This modern love is suicide
If I jump will you join me?
If I jump will you, will you join me?
Written by Chad Sugg
I'm A Mess
Could you kiss me on the lips?
See, my heart's a sinking ship
And I know I'm going down soon
Could you hold me in your arms?
Yeah, make sure that nothing harms
Me, I'm a mess but I make more sense with you
I could write you a sad love song
Hell, I'll even give you this one
If you would keep me company
Through tomorrow, the end of the world
You could be my all-time, (I could be your all-time)
Favorite, just don't forget me when I'm gone
Could you take my word for it?
At least pretend you give a shit
About all my stupid mixed up words?
Could you just come with, get lost?
How much would a new life cost?
Mine, it's a fine but this workin' is for the birds
Yeah, we could drive around
This whole wide city
You call it growing old
I call it pretty
The way your body dances with
The years that pass you by
Makes me wanna kiss your lips
And tell you one last lie
Girl we are
Never gonna die
You're stuck with me
For the rest of your life
We're gonna live forever
Like pretty people do
Oh, me and you
Written by Chad Sugg
W
Someday you will see
Everything you are is part of me
I'm always thinking of
The things that you might be
Yeah, even when I sleep
You're even in my dreams
Someday you will grow
Into something so damn beautiful
The gods'll know your name
By heart and sing
La da da da
So, if you wanna go
I won't stop ya
Just don't forget which way is home
Someday you'll be scared, but
The song inside your heart won't go nowhere
The music never dies
It beats inside
You get that from me
The way you walk and how you speak
Talk like poetry
But you got your mother's eyes
Yeah, he's got his mother's eyes
Someday you will try
To make it all make sense, this crooked life
Will throw you to the wind and make you wish
You never asked why it has to hurt like this
See, time it turns slow
The past'll haunt ya
Just know you're not alone
Someday you will leave
A thousand words won't say what I wanna scream
But don't worry about me
'Cause I will be
Strumming this old song each time you dream
Singing you to sleep
Written by Chad Sugg
Simple
Alright, I'm ready
It just takes one time
Every single thing that I do these days
Just ain't that simple
Sit steady
It's gonna be alright
I'll sing a little something better than
"You're the wrong way"
I just don't want you to go
It just ain't that simple
I just don't want you to go
Even if you just care a little
And now I'm screaming
At the top of my lungs
Even when I got no reason to hate what you've done
And I'm lying
About you being the one, you said
"Yeah, I'm gone"
There's a fire inside me that just burns
I know you're looking at me
But you'll learn
It's not me you're waking up to
And as of now I'm kinda thinking I might give up soon
You know me I'm unpredictable
The answer used to be so simple
Alright, I'm running
From the futures and past
If you're gonna say something, better make it fast
And it's simple
See the mirror keeps talking
The lost boys all end up like you were gonna
Say something right at another wrong time, it's done done done
Written by Chad Sugg
Science Fiction
I love you
It's a simple lie
One I've told so many times before
You're drunk
Like I wish I was
Passed out now naked on the floor
And I wonder what it is
You were singing
Not so long ago
In the car
It sounded like the song
You sang when you were happy
All those years and so long ago
Before you met me
I missed you
When you went away
Hell, I even wrote this song about you
I'm lonely
In my messed up way
I guess broken things like me will never change
And I'll miss you
Before you're even gone
Just listen
To the words of this song
And I'll sleep easier
Knowing what I've done
Is for the better
I'll wake up and carry on
I'm leaving
On a big jet plane
Even god himself can't keep me on the ground
It's simple
Learning to escape
This place when the city gets too loud
The new years
They all shout my name
As if they know the war inside my mind
My new fears
They all sound the same
Like a simple song so real it makes you cry
And I wonder what it is
You were writing
Not so long ago
On your arm
A tattoo in cursive
Written all in black
A few simple words
"Pretty girls, they don't look back"
I'm a lost boy
Looking for a light
To lead me, and hold, like I deserve
Just stay
With me through the night
A little science fiction never hurt
I watched you thumb through my records
The Dylans, the Presleys, the Fire
You looked up at me and said
"Boy, don't you know the music's dead?
They killed it off with all of us and kept the lies instead"
I'm still just trying to forget
Boy, don't you know the music's dead?
No, I won't believe the music's dead
Oh, it's all in my head
No, the music isn't dead
No, the music isn't dead
No, the music isn't dead
In my heart just yet
Written by Chad Sugg
Coffee Shop (Demo)
We could get an apartment, or not
I could get a job at a coffee shop
It's alarming
Just how
I like you more than I like myself
And you know
I don't
Have too much
No, I could never have too much of you
Is it cool
If we
Stay inside for the rest of the week?
We could play
Video games and makeout
We could watch
B-side films 'til we pass out
I think you're the missing piece
To make me complete
I've waited this long to find the song
That I don't have to sing alone
We could get married
In love
Open up our own little coffee shop
It's scary just to think
I've only known you a couple of weeks, but
The days they fade so soon
And I won't get bored with you
Is it cool
If we
Stay in bed for the rest of the week?
We could play
Video games and makeout
We could watch
Home Alone 'til we pass out
It's slow
The rhythm of your heart
But, if it feels right, then it feels right
This feels right
Yeah it feels right
Written by Chad Sugg
Say Anything
I don't know why it takes a little more time
Just a little bit longer, I'm just another stranger
I guess I just need to figure out why
Just a little bit longer, I'm starting to wonder
Yeah, my friends tell me I'm about about to lose it all
I think they're onto something
Just a little bit, just little bit
Yeah, they all say you'll find it, stop looking
I think they're onto something
Just a little bit, just little bit
So, just tell me now
Am I crazy, or am I just a little unreal?
Sometimes it's hard to stop and tell you how I feel
About the days the nights
The time I stood out in your front lawn
With a boom box playing your favorite song
It went like, it went like
La da da da da
I don't know if I'll ever figure out why
This year's a little bit longer, they keep getting stranger
I guess I just see the opposite side
Just a little bit further, I never meant to hurt ya
See, my friends tell me I'm sadder than I used to be
I think they're onto something
Just a little bit, just a little bit
Yeah, they all say it's the timing, not me
I think they're onto something
Just a little bit, just a little bit
I don't if I'll ever end up living it right
Just a little bit faster, 'cause I need to ask ya
Yeah, what is going on in your beautiful mind
Just a little persuasion, yeah, it's all I'm after
See, my friends tell me I could use some better company
I think they're onto something
Just a little bit, just a little bit
Yeah, I keep waiting for lightning, to hit me
And make me feel just something
Just a little bit, just a little bit
Written by Chad Sugg
Oh Yeah
Don't trust love
It's all a lie
Find it in the day
Lose it at night
Oh yeah love
It's a terrible
Thing that I can't find
When I need it most
Oh yeah, love
Love, I don't need you anymore
Oh yeah, love
It's a bitch, you see
I was doing fine before
But now I can't sleep
Don't trust love
No, not for anything
It's horrible, it's terrible,
It's everything we need
Oh yeah, I
Forgot the important part
Don't listen to me
When it comes to matters of the heart
'Cause you know I
I'm just a bitter man
Waiting on the corner
With his heart inside his hand
Singing please
Pick me
Written by Chad Sugg
Wizards
Well sure I think you're amazing
Even when I don't have to
No one can touch you when it comes to that
Goodbyes never made much sense
I was young and in love and I didn't wanna say it
But you fell into my world
Don't wait, kiss the girl
It's love
I know 'cause I can tell
I like your style, I think I'll keep you around
You don't believe in all the things I say
I'll prove you wrong, babe, just you wait
Think back to the better days
When the sun went down and we said no way
Don't think you're all we need
Yeah we got, we got this
A couple kids from Tennessee
How's the view up there?
The cool kids got their headphones on
With another shitty band and the same sad song
I can't say I'm not the same
'Cause I do it, yeah I do it
Just look the other way
Thank god I'm not alone
I got a job working 9 to 5
So I could buy an apartment
On the upper east side
Yeah this city ain't always nice
But it's home, so I call it mine
It's getting late, just your close eyes
We're staying in tonight
We're staying in
We're staying tonight
I'll put in Deathly Hallows and we'll fall asleep
To the sound of wizards and the city streets
I could get used to this, how about you
Feels like we're infinite, and I like it
Written by Chad Sugg
3am
The chairs are set
In tiny rows in the back of the building
The lights they sway
To the rhythm of the air on the blank white ceiling
I'd like to think
I'm a little braver than I used to be
I'd like to say
I'm gonna be fine, but baby, we'll see
Some kids are playing
Hide and seek and it makes me wonder
What would you think
If I started to sink and I took you under?
I'd like to think
You'd laugh it off and say I've figured out
Just what it is
The angels are pissed
It's 3am and we won't shut our mouths
The poets are bleeding
The workers work and walls keep singing
Time rolls on
My whole life is a waiting song
I'd like to think
It's all good, yeah it's all worth it
I'd like to say
I miss you too, but no ones perfect
I'd like to think
I'm a little braver than I used to be
I'd like to say
I'm gonna be fine, but baby, we'll see
I'm gonna be fine, well maybe, we'll see
Written by Chad Sugg
Girls
Girls girls girls
Why do you do
These things you do
To us boys boys boys
Such simple men
See, I was fine
Now I'm broke again
Girls girls girls
What are your plans?
Do you have any plans?
Are they bright?
If so I could use some tonight
Girls girls girls
They're pretty and young
They're smart and bite
Their teeth into hearts
Like they mean it
Man do they mean it
Girls girls girls
Why do you do
These things you do
To me
I'm just a boy boy boy
Such a simple man
See, I was fine
Now I'm broke again
Written by Chad Sugg
Dracula
I'm not looking for much
Just a night alone
If this song is a sign, call my heart your home
Don't rush the details, baby
People don't run if they don't need saving
I'm not ready to go
I'm sorry, I just need to take some time
To find out if these legs of mine still work right
Hallelujah, you're not ready
And neither am I
I guess these sort of things just take some time
Yeah, I guess these sort of things just take some time
Is this the end of the world?
And why am I so calm?
I guess sometimes you just need to be alone
To find out what it is you're doing wrong
All I ever wanted was something real
Here you are
They were right
So this is how it feels
To finally be alive
Written by Chad Sugg
Perfect 10
What do I have to do to get your attention?
Well I don't believe in love,
But I'll make an exception
I'm not the best at this
But I'm a good man
And I'll make you happy
What do I have to do to make you electric?
I could sing you a famous song and swear that I wrote it
I'm not a perfect ten
But I'm not lying
When I say I've got it bad
For you
And now that I have finally caught your eye
I can be your light and you can be mine
I'm not sure of much
But someday they'll say we're the best there was
Written by Chad Sugg
Time Machine
Take it
All in
Stride
All good
Things come
In time
Take your lovers
Hold 'em tight
Never know when the big bad moon will take 'em
We make these promises and then we break 'em
Down into little bitty pieces of
Stardust and faded love
This life's such a funny thing
I think I could use a drink
How about you?
No one
Wants to
Be alone
Find a
Good heart
Call it home
People like me don't need to run
I tried breaking hearts but that ain't no fun
I guess we all gotta grow up now
Let me know if you figure out
How to be a human being
'Cause me I'm just a time machine
Stuck in a year I hate
Take your time
I can wait
Wake up
You're all alone
You're 25 now
It's getting old
Better find a good job
Or at least someone you can hold
Sure the money's nice now
But the nights are so damn cold
It ain't easy
It ain't right
It's just the way it goes
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
Written by Chad Sugg