Losing A Whole Year
performed by Third Eye Blind

wish you would step back from that ledge my friend You could cut ties with all the lies that youve been living in And if you do not want to see me again I would understand I would understand The angry boy a bit too insane Icing over a secret pain You know you dont belong Youre the first to fight Youre way too loud Youre the flash of light on a burial shroud I know somethings wrong Well everyone I know has got a reason To say put the past away I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend You could cut ties with all the lies that youve been living in And if you do not want to see me again I would understand I would understand Well hes on the table and hes gone to code And I do not think anyone knows What theyre doing here And your friends have left you Youve been dismissed I never thought it would come to this And i, I want you to know Everyones got to face down the demons Maybe today You could put the past away I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend You could cut ties with all the lies that youve been living in And if you do not want to see me again I would understand I would understand (x 5) Understand Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Can you put the past away I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend I would understand I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend I would understand I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend And I would understand I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend I would understand I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend I would understand

I'm packed and I'm holding I'm smiling, she living, she golden She lives for me Says she lives for me Ovation her own motivation She comes round and she goes down on me And I make her smile It's like a drug for you Do ever what you want to do Coming over you Keep on smiling, What we go through One stop to the rhythm that divides you And I speak to you like the chorus to the verse Chop another line like a coda with a curse I come on like a freak show takes the stage We give them the games we play, She said I want something else To get me through this Semi-charmed kind of life (Baby, baby) I want something else I'm not listening when you say Good-bye The sky it was gold, it was rose I was taking tips of it to my nose And I wish I could get back there Some place back there Smiling in the pictures you would take Doing crystal meth Will lift you up until you break It won't stop I won't come down, I keep stock With a tick-tock rhythm A bump for the drop And then I bumped up I took the hit that I was given Then I bumped again And then I bumped again I said.. How do I get back there to The place where I fell asleep inside you? How do I get myself back to The place where you said I want something else To get me through this Semi-charmed kind of life (Baby, baby) I want something else I'm not listening when you say Good-bye I believe in the sand beneath my toes The beach gives a feeling An earthy feeling I believe in the faith that grows And the four right chords can make me cry When I'm with you I feel like I could die And that would be all right All right And when the plane came in She said she was crashing The velvet it rips In the city We tripped On the urge to feel alive But now I'm struggling to survive Those days you were wearing that velvet dress You're the priestess, I must confess Those little red panties They pass the test Slides up around the belly Face down on the mattress One And you hold me And we're broken Still it's all that I want to do, just a little now Feel myself head made of the ground I was scared, I'm not coming down, no no And I won't run for my life She's got her jaws now locked down in a smile But nothing is all right All right I want something else To get me through this... Life.......baby I want something else I'm not listening when you say Good-bye x4 The sky it was gold, it was rose I was takin' tips of it to my nose And I wish I could get there someplace, back there In the place we use to start our lives I want something else

I'm on a train, but there's no one at the helm And there's a demon in my brain Who starts to overwhelm whelm whelm whelm whelm And there it goes, my last chance for peace You lay me down, but I get no release And I say I, I try to keep awake I try to swim beneath I try to keep awake But I, I can feel this narcolepsy slide Into another nightmare And there's a demon in my head who starts to play A nightmare tape loop of what went wrong yesterday And I hold my breath till its more than I can take And I close my eyes and dream that I'm awake I try to keep awake I try to keep awake I try to keep awake But I, I can feel this narcolepsy slide Into another nightmare I read dead Russian authors volumes at a time I write everything down except whats on my mind Cause my greatest fear is that sucking sound And then I know that Ill never get back out And there's a bone in my hand that connects to a drink In a crowded room where the glasses clink And Ill buy you a beer and well drink it deep Because that keeps me from falling asleep I said How'd you like to be alone and drowning(x 4) Still I find this narcolepsy slide slide Into another nightmare Keep awake, keep awake, keep awake And I can feel this narcolepsy slide

Can I graduate Can I graduate Can I look in faces that I meet Can I get my punk ass off the street Ive been living on for so long Can I graduate To the bastard talking down to me Your whipping boy calamity Cross your fingers, I'm going to knock it all down Can I graduate Echo fading we cant let go She goes walking by in slow mo Sell your heart out for a buck Go on fade out before I get stuck Talking to somebody like you Do you live the days you go through Will this song live on long after we do Can I graduate Can I look in faces that I meet Can I get my punk ass off the street Wont die on the vine I want to knock it all down Can I graduate Echo fading, candle blow Did you flash out long ago Cross my fingers, I don't know Someone poked you down below Can I graduate Can I graduate Can I graduate Can I graduate Can I graduate Can I get my punk ass off the street Can I look in faces that I meet I'm not waiting here for you to die Will this song live on long after we do

I'm only pretty sure that I can't take anymore Before you take a swing I wonder what are we fighting for When I say out loud I want to get out of this I wonder is there anything I'm going to miss I wonder how it's going to be When you don't know me How's it going to be When you're sure I'm not there How's it going to be When there's no one there to talk to Between you and me Cause I don't care How's it going to be How's it going to be Where we used to laugh There's a shouting match Sharp as a thumbnail scratch A silence I can't ignore Like the hammock by the Doorway we spent time in swings empty Don't see lightning like last fall When it was always about to hit me I wonder how's it going to be When it goes down How's it going to be When you're not around How's it going to be When you found out there was nothing Between you and me Cause I don't care How's it going to be And how's it going to be When you don't know me anymore And how's it going to be Want to get myself back in again The soft dive of oblivion I want to taste the salt of your skin The soft dive of oblivion oblivion How's it going to be When you don't know me anymore How's it going to be How's it going to be How's it going to be