Infinity on High
Album - 5 febbraio 2007 - Debaser id 379032

Yeah, what you critics said would never happen
We dedicate this album to anybody people said couldn't make it
To the fans that held us down 'till everybody came around
Welcome, it's here
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That summer we took threes across the board
But by fall we were a cover story
Now in stores

Make us poster boys in your scene
But we are not making an acceptance speech

I have found the safest place to keep all of our mistakes
Every dot-com's refreshing for a journal update

So long live the car-crash hearts
Cry on the couch all the poets come to life
Fix me in 45

So long live the car-crash hearts
Cry on the couch all the poets come to life
Fix me in 45

I can take your problems away
With a nod and a wave of my hand
'Cause that's just the kind of boy that I am

The only thing I haven't done yet is die
And it¡s me and my plus one in the afterlife
Crowds are won and lost and won again
But our hearts beat for the diehards

So long live the car-crash hearts
Cry on the couch all the poets come to life
Fix me in 45

So long live the car-crash hearts
Cry on the couch all the poets come to life
Fix me in 45

Long live the car-crash hearts
Long live the car-crash hearts
(Long live the car-crash hearts)

Long live the car-crash hearts
Long live the car-crash hearts

Long live the car-crash hearts
Cry on the couch all the poets come to life
Fix me in 45
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Young! F-O-B Let's go.

I am an arms dealer
Fitting you with weapons in the form of words
And I don't really care which side wins
As long as the room keeps singing
That's just the business I'm in

This ain't a scene, it's a god damn arms race
This ain't a scene, it's a god damn arms race
This ain't a scene, it's a god damn arms race
I'm not a shoulder to cry on but I digress

I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate
I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate

I wrote the gospel on giving up
(You look pretty sinking)
But the real bombshells have already sunk
(Prima donnas of the gutter)
At night we're painting your trash gold while you sleep
Crashing not like hips or cars
No, more like p-p-p-parties

This ain't a scene, it's a god damn arms race
This ain't a scene, it's a god damn arms race
This ain't a scene, it's a god damn arms race
Bandwagon's full, please, catch another

I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate
I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate

All the boys who the dance floor didn't love
And all the girls who's lips couldn't move fast enough
Sing until your lungs give out

This ain't a scene, it's a god damn arms race
This ain't a scene, it's a god damn arms race
(Now you)
This ain't a scene, it's a god damn arms race
(Wear out the groove)
This ain't a scene, it's a god damn arms race
(Sing out loud)
This ain't a scene, it's a god damn arms race
(Oh, oh)
This ain't a scene, it's a god damn arms race

I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate
I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate.

It's all a game of this or that, now verses then
They're better off against worse for wear
And you're someone who knows someone
Who knows someone I once knew
And I just want to be a part of this

The road outside my house is paved with good intentions
Hired a construction crew 'cuz it's hell on the engine
And you are the dreamer, and we are the dream
I could write it better than you ever felt it

So hum hallelujah, just off the key of reason
I thought I loved you, and it's just how you looked in the light
A teenage vow in a parking lot, 'till tonight do us part
I sing the blues and you swallow them too

My words are my faith, to hell with our good name
Remix up your guts, your insides x-rayed
And one day we'll get nostalgic for disaster
We're a bull, your ears are just a china shop

I love you in the same way, there's chapel in a hospital
One foot in your bedroom, and one foot out the door
Sometimes we take chances, sometimes we take pills
I could write it better than you ever felt it

So hum hallelujah, just off the key of reason
I thought I loved you, and it's just how you looked in the light
A teenage vow in a parking lot, 'till tonight do us part
I sing the blues and you swallow them too

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu
(Hum hallelujah, hum hallelujah)

A teenage vow in a parking lot, 'till tonight do us part
I sing the blues and swallow them too

So hum hallelujah, just off the key of reason
I thought I loved you, and it's just how you looked in the light
A teenage vow in a parking lot, 'till tonight do us part

A teenage vow in a parking lot, 'till tonight do us part
A teenage vow in a parking lot, 'till tonight do us part
I sing the blues and you swallow them too.

How cruel is the golden rule?
When the lives we lived are only golden-plated
And I knew that the lights of the city were too heavy for me
Though I carried karats for everyone to see

And I saw God cry in the reflection of my enemies
And all the lovers with no time for me
And all of the mothers raise their babies
To stay away from me

Tongues on the sockets of electric dreams
Where the sewage of youth drown the spark of my teens
And I knew that the lights of the city were too heavy for me (Too heavy for me)
Though I carried karats for everyone to see
(Everyone to see)

And I saw God cry in the reflection of my enemies
And all the lovers with no time for me
And all of the mothers raise their babies
To stay away from me

And pray they don't grow up to be.

I'm gonna make you bend and break
(It sent you to me without wings)
Say a prayer, but let the good times roll
In case God doesn't show
(Let the good times roll, let the good times roll)

And I want these words to make things right
But it's the wrongs that make the words come to life
"Who does he think he is?"
If that's the worst you've got better put your fingers back to the keys

One night and one more time
Thanks for the memories
Even though they weren't so great
He tastes like you only sweeter

One night yeah, and one more time
Thanks for the memories
Thanks for the memories
See he tastes like you only sweeter

I'm looking forward to the future
But my eyesight is going bad
And this crystal ball

It's always cloudy except for, except for
When you look into the past, look into the past
One night stand
One night stand

One night and one more time
Thanks for the memories
Even though they weren't so great
He tastes like you only sweeter

One night yeah, and one more time
Thanks for the memories
Thanks for the memories
See he tastes like you only sweeter

They say I only think in the form of
Crunching numbers in hotel rooms
Collecting page six lovers

Get me out of my mind
Get you out of those clothes
I'm a liner away from
Getting you into the mood

One night and one more time
Thanks for the memories
Even though they weren't so great
He tastes like you only sweeter

One night yeah, and one more time
Thanks for the memories
Thanks for the memories
See he tastes like you only sweeter

One night and one more time
(One more night, one more time)
Thanks for the memories
Even though they weren't so great
He tastes like you only sweeter

One night yeah, and one more time
(One more night, one more time)
Thanks for the memories
Thanks for the memories
See he tastes like you only sweeter.

I wrote a goodbye note
In lipstick on your arm
When you passed out
I couldn't bring myself to call
Except to call it quits

Best friends
Ex-friends till the end
Better off as lovers
And not the other way around

Racing through the city
Windows down
In the back of
Yellow-checkered cars

You're wrong
Are we all wrong?
You're wrong
Are we all wrong?

This city says wt up ya'll?
Come hell or high water
When I'm feeling hot and wet
I can't commit to a thing
Be it heart or hospital

Best friends
Ex-friends till the end
Better off as lovers
And not the other way around

Racing through the city
Windows down
Yellow-checkered cars

You're wrong
Are we all wrong?
You're wrong
Are we all wrong?

The tombstones were waiting
They were half-engraved
They knew it was over
Just didn't know the date

And I cast a spell over the west
To make you think of me
The same way I think of you

This is a love song
In my own way
Happily ever after
Below the waist

Best friends
Ex-friends till the end
Better off as lovers

Racing through the city
Windows down
In the back of
Yellow checkered cars

You're wrong
Are we all wrong?
You're wrong
Are we all wrong?

Best friends
Ex-friends till the end
Better off as lovers
And not the other way around

Ex-friends till the end
Better off as lovers.

I'm a preacher sweating in the pews
For the salvation I'm bringing you
I'm a salesman, I'm selling you hooks and plans
And myself for making demands

When I'm home alone I just dance by myself
And you pull my head so close, volume goes with the truth
Signing off, ''I'm alright in bed but I'm better with a pen''
The kid was alright but it went to his head

I am God's gift but why would he bless me with
Such wit without a conscience equipped?
I'm addicted to the way I feel when I think of you, whoa
''There's too much green to feel blue''

When I'm home alone I just can't stop myself
And you pull my head so close, volume goes with the truth
Signing off, ''I'm alright in bed but I'm better with a pen''
The Kid was alright but it went to his head

When I'm home alone I just can't stop myself
And you pull my head so close, volume goes with the truth
Signing off, ''I'm alright in bed but I'm better with a pen''
I'm alright in bed but I'm better with a pen
I'm alright in bed but I'm better with a pen
The kid was alright but it went to his head.