Why do we do what we do?

Lyrics

Soul & Soma’s Scars

Verse 1:
Life’s not how I thought it would be 
The fairy tales I’ve seen
My faded childhood dreams

Might not ever get my break
Not sure that I have got what it takes
I made my share of mistakes
(Maybe it’s a good thing)

Pre-chorus: 
I’m fine, being, alive 
Glad I, got to, survive 

Chorus:
Never thought I’d get this far
With my soul and soma’s scars
I made peace with inside wars
Broken glass around my heart 

Verse 2: 
On the other side of ravines the
Days can normally seem  
Uniquely ordinary 
Highlights they involve the sunlight
Smell of coffee, invites
Time alone with them

Pre-chorus: 
Glad I, get to, survive 

Chorus

Bridge:
The echo of time is inaudible
Ignoring it fading is my highest fear 
Millions of roads to impossible
And thousands of different lifetimes that got me here, me here

Chorus

Legacy

Verse 1:
Strawberries, bare feet 
Splinters & puddles knee deep
Fog fairies, sour sweets
Magazines in the back seat 

Pre-chorus 1: 
Here I thought I’d be 
Like my heroes without faults
Here I thought I’d be 
The strongest and bravest of all

Chorus:
Is this all it’ll be? My legacy 
Are they whispering about me? My ancestry
Are they laughing, are they crying ‘bout what’s happened in my life
Are they cheering, are they screaming, or dreaming for me?
Am I dreaming for me?

Verse 2: 
Loud voices, shut door
Fallen is playing once more
Hard choices, inside wars
High grades but smile is forced

Pre-chorus 2: 
Never thought I’d be
Like the women on my screens
Never thought I’d be
Anyone worthy at all 

Chorus

Bridge:
Oooh, aahh
Oooh, aahh

Chorus

Up to Date

Verse 1:
Tripping on words like it’s a tightrope
Running in circles imma explode
Kept on a lunge line, my head’s spinning

Tip toe around it's not a fair game 
It’s my understanding that I’m insane 
Driving me wild
Why would you ask this of me? 

Chorus:
I’m done
Fooling around 
So done 
I found the one
Let the curtain fall, ‘cause I’m here for it all
Now you’re up to date, I’m up to date

Verse 2:
What I’ve had in my head is an illusion
I’m waking up from my delusion
Told myself I wanted you in that way

Contorting myself into a locked cage 
It’s time that I break out to the main stage 
Follow my lead let's walk out to the spotlight

Chorus

Bridge: 
I wanna stay in your arms
If you don't want me this way
I'm walking away
Now you're up to date

Chorus

Up to date, I’m up to date

Fever

Verse 1:
I caught a bad case of loving you (I'm sick of it)
Why do you do the things you do (Hate to admit) 

That everything goes up 
Has to come down 
Somehow I don't get better
When you're not around 

Chorus:
This is a bitter pill to try n’ swallow
Why do we keep holding on? 
We know this sickness is just leaving us hollow
A little taste and then you're gone

We know we're bad for each other like this
But we can't quit, no
We keep running fast
But we can't outrun this fever 
Outrun this fever

Verse 2:
You know I'm burning up, but do you care? (where are you now?)
Said walk it off, but I'm beyond repair (you're not somehow)

My temp is heating up
I'm down for all the counts
I'm not sure that I can tough it out 

Chorus

Fever 
Outrun this fever

Was It a Dream?

Verse 1:
I left my favorite jacket in the backseat of your SAAB from 94
It's not something I've done before, what was I thinking?
Now I don't even know the person you are 
Left behind, now we're 4000 miles apart 
I left my heart in the backseat ‘cause, I wanted you to have it

Chorus:
Was it a dream or did we wake up?
Was it a break or did we break up?
Nights in your jeans where we made up
Over and over and over again 
Was it a dream? 
Was it a dream? 

Verse 2:
You left your college hoodie or did I, actually steal it, I'm not sure why? 
I won't survive another goodbye, what were we thinking?
Now I don't even know the person you are 
Left behind, now we're 4000 miles apart 
Did you leave your heart with me ‘cause you wanted me to have it?

Chorus

Bridge:
I've been missing you like crazy 
Though my memory's getting hazy 
Are we really good together?
Can we both find someone better?
Will this nightmare soon be over?
Will the distance grow us closer?
Or will we wake up?

Chorus

Was it a dream? 
Was it a dream? 
Over and over and over again

Clueless

Verse 1:
Is it true if I think about you too much
I'll forget what you sound like?
‘Cause it's been, been so many months now
It would be impossible to describe

Things that make you, you
Things that make us, us
It all becomes too much

All the things we've been through
What do you need for proof?
How could I lose it all?

Chorus:
You got me clueless
Wondering where we could’ve gone wrong
You got me clueless
We're so obviously flawed

But it's not so obvious to me
As it obviously is for you
So you, you got me asking
Can you un-break a heart?

Verse 2:
Lay in bed
All the feelings that I never had
A million stars in mind
Got me holding the line
Line, line, line

All the things that make you you
Things that make us us
Don't want to lose it all

Chorus

Bridge:
You got me

Another cry, another fight, another sleepless night
Another call I won't recall, you make me feel so small
Another cry, another fight, another sleepless night
Another call I won't recall, you make me feel so small

Chorus

Mona Lisa

Verse 1:
I’m the Mona Lisa
I grew up in a frame
My background got more blurry
I don’t feel quite the same

Been trapped behind the glass
Watching people come and leave
They think that they see me
They don’t know the things I’ve seen

Chorus:
Oooh
Why am I afraid of change?
I’m still the Mona Lisa
Just a little rearranged

Oooh
Why am I afraid of change?
I’m still the Mona Lisa
Without or with my frame

Verse 2:
Been here five hundred years
With these mountains at my back
Been held by so many hands
My skin's completely cracked 

People think I’m no longer looking
My smile hides my pain
I’m still the Mona Lisa
But might not look the same

Chorus

Bridge:
Debating who I am
Knowing who I’m not
They stole & tore me down
Then tried to fix me up

They tried to keep me safe
All they did was lock me up
They wanted me to change
But said I changed too much

Chorus

Outro:
Oooh
I'm done being afraid
I am the Mona Lisa
And love's all that remains

Terrified

Verse 1:
Lukewarm latte in a crowded cafe
World in technicolor, I was gray
Couldn't carpe diem
Couldn't even answer my DMs
Glass half empty by close at 2

Weighed down by a veil of iron thread
Uneasy from what was left unsaid
Guilt gnawing on my insides
Indifferent on the outside
Didn't dare to think far ahead

Chorus:
Am I losing my mind?
What I see is you and I
We’re doing fine
I’m terrified

Verse 2:
Slice of princess cake, two spoons
Top floor, right downtown, tiny room

Our show-white walls are empty
That's alright for your twenties
Let it be if it's meant to be

Chorus

Bridge:
Why have I been so afraid of something that is really great?
It's like I'm waiting 'round for us to have an expiration date
If I hold too tight, will we lose our air?
Cause I'm still scared that

I'll wake up someday and you were never really there
I've gotten so much time with you, I guess that's more than fair
Still waiting for the fight that breaks our backs
But you're still here

Chorus

Aurora Ballet

Verse 1:
You were the big dipper 
Lingered lights through a cloudy sky
You were the weekend
Got me so high you tasted like Friday nights 

You were my Ichabad I was Sleepy Hollow  
Told me there's a road for us and it's safe to follow
You were the Big Dipper 
I knew that I could always find you

Pre-chorus: 
Sung lullabies, cried myself to sleep 
Life cut like knives, some cut real deep
Took one last sip, threw it in the sink 
All my doubts and broken things 

Still you have me wondering
Now you have me wondering

Chorus:  
Nothing's clear
Now that you are gone and winter's on its way 
Wish you were here 
Soft memories all begin to fade 

Can't remember your voice 
Or how tall you are anymore 
Can't remember anything 
But I know I've never loved you more

Wish you were here 
Now that autumn's gone and winter's on its way
So we wait, and we watch, the aurora ballet

Verse 2:
Words unspoken
God we need them, but I hate goodbyes
Arms wide open
My heart is sinking with you on the red eye

Pre-chorus:
You are a legend now turned into myth 
Pierced through the heart, got lost in Berlin 
Trying to find my way through roaming 
Engines stalled and streets closing 

Now you have me wondering 

Chorus

Bridge:
I've never loved you more, but now I'm falling into pieces
We're a loaded gun we’re always looking for a reason
For everything we built to explode
Take a shot, then start to reload 

But then we'll never ever ever know 
We'll never ever ever know 
Where this could go 
Where this could go 
Where we could go 

Chorus

Currency

Verse 1:
You know it’s one for the money 
Two for the road
Three for the passion 
Four not to go
To the freak show, peak show, the all about me show 
Trade our souls for fame, to get a neon name 

What if there’s gold at the end of the rainbow
Stand in the front row on the tip of my toes 
I don’t wanna go home 
You know I can’t say no 

Chorus:
Get the currency you need to breathe
You know what you want is what you need
Get the currency you need to breathe
You know what you want is what you need

Verse 2:
All I got is time
But no friends in this place
I’m really uninspired by the human race

No money to my name, but I have no shame
Guess I didn’t really learn how to play this game
I’m just waiting to get paid for the songs that I make

Chorus

Bridge:
I gave my time, got sleepless nights
I gave my blood, got that high for a moment
I gave my sweat, I got left dry
I gave my tears, but just got lies

And what can I buy with that?

Chorus

Cope

Verse 1:
I’ve got a demon on my shoulder 
And an angel in my head
Sometimes the demon wants a pizza
And the angel wants me dead

They want me to try a little harder 
For a million of different reasons 
Say I’m not living in the moment 
And that I committed treason 

They both put me in chains 
Without giving me a trial 
Say I’m in a feedback loop 
And that I’m living in denial 

I’m getting too old 
To keep doing the same old thing
I’m getting too bold 
I won’t amount to anything 

Pre-chorus:
Am I living a lie 
Living a lie 
Living a lie 

No point in staying alive
Staying alive
Staying alive

I've got nowhere to hide
Nowhere to hide
Nowhere to hide

Am I’m living a lie 
Or am I broken inside?

Chorus:
I can’t carry it all on my shoulders 
Can’t believe everything that they told us 
I’m still looking for the truth in myself 

It feels like I’m finally sober
It's heating up but I’m getting colder 
I’m still looking for the truth in myself

Verse 2:
The angel said to cross the road 
Without even looking 
A better place is calling
Can't you feel it pulling?

It’s better to feel something 
Than live a life full of nothing
Cause if living means nothing 
Then dying might mean something 

I said if you are angel 
Maybe you’re not that good 
You said, give me a chance
I'm quite misunderstood

You think I'm something new
But I’ve been here two thousand years 
My justice comes through pain 
through trials and through tears 

It’s all part of a plan 
That you don’t need to know 
Trust me I’m the good guy 
Faith is how you grow 

I said I’m searching after truth 
And you say truth is real 
But you’re lying to all these people 
Man what is your deal? 

You can’t be both a savior 
And an executioner
Can’t be both love and hate 
Be both God and Lucifer 

It's time for you to vanish
And to get out of my head
I need to make some changes
Before I end up dead

Chorus

Post-chorus:
Woah, woah, woah, woah
Woah, woah, woah, woah

Chorus

Post-chorus

Why do we do what we do?

Verse 1:
We’d tattoo our bodies green to enter emerald cities  
Use our headrests as pillows for years on the road 
Grounding and steaming in order to pay for pity
Fracture our smallest bones to stay on our toes

Pre-chorus:
It’s what we do, what we do, what we do
Why do we do what we do?

Chorus:
Drink the poison, don’t ask why
Our sacrifice eats us alive
Our drive, drives us insane
Can there be dreams without pain? 

Verse 2:
Same position, repetitive movements for hours on end 
Everything’s one and a two and a three and a four and
Egos like glass, they break before they bend
So we inhale the fumes of a new shade of radium orange 

Pre-chorus

Chorus

Pre-chorus

Chorus 3:
Drink the poison don’t ask why
Our sacrifice keeps us alive
Our drive, drives us insane
Can there be dreams without pain? 

It’s what we do, what we do, what we do
Why do we do what we do?