Johnny Ortiz wrote plays, you see, about the human condition Tried to analyze all the feelings inside and bring them to fruition As he drank his cup of coffee and he wrote his script He took a bottle of pills and quickly emptied it And he fell out of the chair with his pen in hand And his last line of dialogue was, "Life is Grand" And the following morning his director opened the door He's caught off guard, but he's not surprise 'cause he's seen it before And all the suicidal self-help authors get along with the dead poets None of them were ever real good talkers so they'll do great in their caskets They never worried 'bout worrying 'bout anything till their worries finally got to them And all the suicidal self-help authors get along with the dead poets Gwendolyn James makes audiotapes to calm the people down But ironically she just can't seem to turn her own frown upside down And one day she finally cracks and cracks open a shell Unravels the tape and she says "Oh well" Ties a noose from the flat plastic audio And she thinks to herself, this is the right way to go And she steps off the box and lets her body hang Her final liner notes read "I've always been feeling this way" And all the suicidal self-help authors get along with the dead poets None of them were ever real good talkers so they'll do great in their caskets They never worried 'bout worrying 'bout anything till their worries finally got to them And all the suicidal self-help authors get along with the dead poets Ellen and Ben are in love again but their relationship is taking a turn And it's not for the better so they each write a letter hoping that this will all work Ellen signs it with "I love you" and Ben does too They send 'em off in the mail and when it gets through They're both reading and crying 'cause they realize They can't salvage what they have unless they die They meet up at an empty dock by the city bay Share one final kiss then they put a bullet in each other's brain And all the suicidal self-help authors get along with the dead poets None of them were ever real good talkers so they'll do great in their caskets They never worried 'bout worrying 'bout anything till their worries finally got to them And all the suicidal self-help authors get along with the dead poets

Can you define for me what the word friend means to you? I would like to hear its meanings, I would like to hear your thoughts Can you explain to me why I keep giving you my time? I wanna come home without worrying about changes in my life Exclusivity is what you bastards enjoy Try that on for ostracize me Immaturity is what keeps your fire aflame When did you stop caring about me? I can't remember the last time you said Hello with honesty And I can't remember why I even try Will this all be worth it at the end of the year? Will this all be worth it at the end of the year? Will this all be worth it at the end of the year? Will this all be worth it after I've disappeared? Can you enlighten me on what it means to be a saint? Not even Jesus would let you walk a mile inside his Moccasins Can you just humor with me with a reason why you stopped Thinking of my life and even pretending that I exist Exclusivity is what you bastards enjoy Try that on for ostracize me Immaturity is what keeps your fire aflame When did you stop caring about me? I can't remember the last time you said Hello with honesty And I can't remember why I even try Will this all be worth it at the end of the year? Will this all be worth it at the end of the year? Will this all be worth it at the end of the year? Will this all be worth it after I've disappeared?

I want a girl who's a straightedge neurologist She don't do drugs and she can analyze my conscience It's so nice, all right, all right I want a girl who's a straightedge neurologist Listens to Minor Threat and isn't the promiscuous kind of type, all right, all right I want her to study my brain Cause I didn't let anything get in the way We could talk for hours about human behavior I'd tell her every single thing like how punk rock was my savior I want a girl who's a poetic arsonist Speaks in pentameter while burning down businesses All night, all right, all right I want a girl who's a poetic arsonist She reads Bukowski and sets fire to emotions In plain sight, all right, all right I want her to start up a spark Right between us, I'll preserve the burn mark We could run around the city playing dangerous games I could be her Kerouac and simply she'd be my flame I want a girl who's a theoretical cardiologist Studies the diseases of my heart and my soul And my mind, all right, all right I want a girl who's a theoretical cardiologist She knows the relationship between my feelings and pains In my side, all right, all right I want her to study the beats And see if they're in sync with all the things that I think We could make a pace for the routine of our hearts And when we'd end up together there'd be no need to restart I want a girl who's a straightedge neurologist I want a girl who's a poetic arsonist I want a girl who's a theoretical cardiologist I want a girl who's slightly strange but not crazy

Once I woke up, the sun was in my eyes And you were right next to me Then I woke up again a few hours later And I seemed to find that that was only a dream One night I sat, staring out the window Waiting for you to come But then I realized and remembered That you would never show up So I must create you, bring my vision to life Just because you don't exist yet doesn't mean you're not a sight To be seen, and whether our future is tragedy or comedy I'd still love you for all your quirks and flawing qualities Cause who needs perfection? Yeah, who needs perfection? I spent many a days planning you out Making sure that my blueprints were right Then I stopped myself, mid-measurement and took some time and thought a bit About the repercussions that might Come about so easily and cannot be prevented And if I would end up regretting what I had invented But I breathed and said "Screw It" and put the ruler to the page Then scanned it in and then waited for my mind to be represented In physical form, and then shined a light You appeared, and you existed right in front of my eyes And I danced with you and I sang to you and you cooked us a meal I always knew that someday you'd end up being real You stepped out of the kitchen, for just a quick minute Then the pot started to boil over To tried to turn the oven off, but in the process of You slipped on the floor and hit your head on the toaster And fell to the ground Well I guess I won't be seeing you around Ah, well who needs more people? Yeah, who needs more people?

I am a Cannibal, and you are my prey I'll feed on the young ones first, and the elders all day Because I'm a cannibal, I'm alone most of the time But if I get hungry, I just commit suicide Some say I'm an animal, those people don't know that much Unless I am a wildebeest, then I'm ready to hunt But I'm not an animal, I'm just misunderstood In the argument of the acts of man, I do propose he is good Feed me Seymour, punctuation is key Someone's at my door, guess I'm good for an afternoon treat This must be known to you, if we ever meet I'll have you for dinner every night of the week This must be known to you, get it through your head Fill up your brain nicely, before I consume you till you're dead Feed me Seymour, punctuation is key Someone's at my door, guess I'm good for an afternoon treat

Confusion in her eyes it says it all, she's lost control You don't know You don't even know what the waves mean You don't even know what the waves mean You bought your t-shirt at a Hot Topic You should go exchange it for a new lifestyle You wouldn't know Disorder if it hit you Straight across the face, Peter Hook line and sinker It's common Ian Courtesy, common Ian Courtesy You spend your Bernie Sumners pretending to cry Pretending to air drum to Stephen Morris The riff to 'Transmission' The only division you're supporting Is the one between those who believe And those cheat

Can I take you out for a while? I know it won't last forever But for the time being we can Still be right here, lovely together You said we'd be one step closer To the end that closes the chapter Of us in each other's lifestyles So can I take you out for a while? I love you we'll make it through this year I promise I will not disappear Can you spare a small coin, tell me What's on your mind, fragile baby Drop your head onto my pillow You can go cry but don't wallow This time I said would be different You know I'm not like the old ones We're still far away from the end So let's go outside, kiss with the sun I love you we'll make it through this year I promise I will not disappear

I should've listened to what the good lord said And follow all the spastic visions he put in my head I shouldn't have wrote him off the very first chance I got But now I'm praising him and I don't think I'll ever stop I should've read what they wrote inside that book But now I read it every night just to have a look At how to blindly follow something that isn't real Which is a talent if you ever learned how to feel I should've listened to those Mormons at the mall And taken note of every single ridiculous call And now I'm proud to say I'm a latter day saint 'Cause prior to them I thought they were just corrupting my brain I should've voted Romney/Ryan 2012 I never that they could truly save myself From all the trouble that Obama supposedly caused How silly of me to think he was from America Let's all get brainwashed tonight We'll meet at my place at nine Read the sculptures of the divine It'll be a grand old time I never thought I'd see the day Where I would find a role he'd play But when I am inside my home And though I'm really all alone I still can hear him when he's there Even though I don't know where I should've listened to what the good lord said And have him cure all the psychoses in my head 'Cause everybody is just looking for a miracle But they won't get one if they kneel down and stay still I should've known my evil ways without him by my side Without his guidance I may very well could have died But when I think about it I might as well be dead Because I am being controlled by the voice in my head

She looked at me said, "Our best friends escaped and now they are dead So let's go down to the place where the water flows under the bridge Let's visit them in Heaven 'cause I don't wanna let 'em be alone It's too dark see but I'm not going home. So let's run as fast as we can and we'll get there before they detect us Let's get to the bridge before they arrest us." I looked at her and said, "Baby you're crazy, let's stay here instead And not go down to the place where the water flows under the bridge If Hell hath no fury there's no need to worry your bones It's too dark to see, babe, we're gonna stay home I won't run as fast as I can 'cause I know that they'll surely detect us We won't get to the bridge before they arrest us." They looked at us and said, "You're not leaving here so just lie in your beds You won't go down to the place where the water flows under the bridge You people ain't leaving to cut off your breathing tenfold It's too dark to see, you won't ever get home So don't run as fast as you can 'cause you know that we're gonna detect you You won't get to the bridge before we arrest you." "Let's run as fast as we can I don't care if they ever detect us I wanna get to the bridge before they arrest us" "Let's run as fast as we can, hon, I know that they'll never detect us We'll get to the bridge before they arrest us."

You've got eyes as strong as sunshine And your skin is soft as cloth I like the way your lips touch mine You're more than I ever thought I have a request for you And I hope you'll come along Baby let me take you home I feel your big heart beating To the sound of the rain We'll spend each night together And from sadness we'll refrain We'll stroll into the forest And do whatever we want Baby let me take you home I know we're living far away But we can make it work Soon you can come over here And be part of my world We'll dance into the evening To all our favorite songs Now baby let me take you home There's too much room in my bed For just one soul to sleep I'm trying to fight loneliness With the promises we keep It's time for you to travel Forever never alone Now baby let me take you home