House Of Straw

According to Eric, these are the lyrics for the Beauty and the Breakdown. I don't know how to post lyrics, but i'm sure somebody out there does:

x House Of Straw x

Hold the hand of a liar It must be easier Your dreams he fought to conquer Was there ever anything

Years weigh upon my mothers face Every single day Memories that I will not erase You ruin my family

Her pride beat into submission And everyday she suffers

She's under the spell and the power Of someone who hurts her He's under the guise of a man But truly he..s a coward Empowered by the feeling he gets From seeing others Who cower at his hands Just to prove he can

You say he lost his heart that nite He never had one anyway You say your drinking starts the fights Well I'm digging his fucking grave

Prove to me you can

There was never anything

Fuck

x Glass Slipper x

Take it back I won't give One more inch

But I'm afraid to hurt you Hurt you what could I do Like I could do to you what he does Or half of what you have done to us

Remember when I asked you If you were proud She's proud she has enough strength To bruise herself You gave her your disease And he gave you hell She has the strength to hurt But not save herself

I want to write Days without eating Or even breathing Thanks for the asthma It..s all you gave me And all you gave her By always needing Was this dependency on human beings

Remember when I said We'd forgiven you I'd never take that back We believe in you I know you have the strength I know she does too But I can't trust myself Or what I might do

She has our strength Strength to hit so hard She leaves both her hands bruised Just like he leaves her face But I can't trust myself Or what I might do

What I might do

Take it back Take your life back Take her strength back Take my faith back Take this hate back

x The Poison Apple x

I know you lie

Was she worth it You gave us all up and for what I draw a line in the sand And I hope that you take a stand Isn't that perfect And now you can smile and why not If you consider the cost It's just some fucking friends you lost

Some friend I lost

I just wanted to be sure Things are good between you and me.. Well I may not know how to say they're not But if you saw the things that I see

So let's begin

I know you lie And the distant zip code Doesn't apply To your bed or your edge and So tell me why You made your fucking choice And so have I

I consider this matter closed I may not run this place But it seems like what I say goes You should know And I'm sorry but that's you

This is her love spilled for you Because she'd never give up on you Be the man she wants you to be Be the you we know that you can be

x Twelfth Stroke of Midnight x

I can't read between the lines Of a letter That you've never written I can't begin to compromise On a problem That you have invented

Dead stares cut a paper heart And beats ink in these pages Letters written in regret To many lifeless faces This is the end of me I am running on empty

Hours spent pouring over these words With nothing gained All that was lost with nothing learned I'm just feeling drained

This is taking so much out of me I am doubting my place as of late

I wish I could make this Paper heart come alive All my time spent on Writing this living lie All my time spent on this lie

x Trail of Crumbs x

So it all comes down to this Who..s to blame and who..s excused I..ve dealt the cards and you lose And now I hold it all against you

I said I..d take it all back but We both know that I won't I won't take the time to say what is mine And you can keep the car Cause you left this scar I'll show you the door I'll give you what's yours

I said I'd take it all back but We both know that I won't I won't take the time to say what is mine These pictures of her These clothes on the floor I'll show you the door I'll give you what's yours

But you're not coming near The years we spent Wasted

Cause those we're holding onto They show us what we've been through And what she's never going back to She found the strength it wasn't you

x A Wishing Well x

You faced a tragedy You changed the course of me I had the right to speak But you took that right away When you took you away

I know the choice wasn't easy But I don't know what it took to choose And I know that you'll never believe me But I know that we would have chosen you

Was he ever deserving Of the figure that we lived without Did he just turn out to be ugly Or were you living with all your doubts

And to this day I wonder what you were thinking And I still wonder where did you go I still don't know How you came to leave us that day Left us behind you but not alone

With one another but without you Make the best that's all we can do

I hold nothing against you I just feel we deserved a chance There's so many questions I want to ask So many holes to fill in our past

x Let Down Your Hair x

You're still my everything it might Feel like I'm wasting my time But I'd give you anything And if I have to say this one more time Someone's gonna get hurt

So tell me what you want from me I'm left staring at these empty sheets I know I told you the last time Was the last time And now you're hearing it all again

I can't believe that you believe in me And you see something in me no one sees You somehow deal with my lifestyle And I'm always coming home And to your bed

I hear your heart And it sounds the bells of war Another pointless meeting With another fucking band whore Another month I'm leaving On another tour I hear your lungs breathing And it means so much more

x Mirror, Mirror... x

I look at you With disgust disappointment and regret All we've been through How could you fucking forget?

You said I was forced to So bitter and I didn't want to Leave your wing for the first time And I would never leave you behind

I carry you in my attitude The words I speak and the things I do In every line your voice rings through I only fly because of you

Tonight if I die in my sleep All the times we've shared I hope in your heart you will keep

Tonight if I die I die in my sleep

I will die

x Second Star to the Right x

Her blue eyes grey in the shadows Making changes for tomorrow Her fear let's another day go by Where stars fall dreams die

I know she's suffering And pursuing what went lost You're fucking wasting away Skies only tell the tales of Dreams that are lost

I wrote that to you everyday She never came My faith in humanity died Calling out her name

I wrote that to you everyday Shit never changed My faith in humanity died Calling out her name

The Enchanted Rose is an instrumental

x House of Brick x

I understand your position Dou you understand my hate You can't feel my fist itching And you'll never feel her pain

I can't place a value on All that's missing But you'll pay the price for All our history

Keep your money but don't take your time Do you under stand my hate She may choose wrong We all do that sometimes But trust me You don't want it to go that way

All your rules we were force-fed And with all her heart and soul I've read her notes and she wanted you dead And all you wanted was control Time after time you reared your head Cause she knew no other role With this last line I'll say goodbye But this time you'll pay the toll

I'll see her be who she wanted to be For the last twelve years of her life All our history