Lyrics for songs appearing on Ten With Strangers' "INFECTIOUS"
CAVITY
Every time I look at you I cry – I don’t know why
Every night I dream of you I lie - awake all night
When I first met you my heart almost stopped
But, now I think you’ll just finish me off
Another night inside your horror – another pain inside my head
I bite my tongue when you ask what’s wrong
Now I might end up dead
Second chances sometimes work, but now you’re on your tenth
No more tears and no more lies – How ‘bout the truth instead?
Now and then I wonder why I’m still around
When every inch of my heart is rotted out
Another night inside your horror – another pain inside my head
I bite my tongue when you ask what’s wrong
Now I might end up dead
Well hear this instead…
Can’t you see that your love is killing me?
Every kiss just decays my cavity
Lock the door, ‘cause you won’t be sleepin’ here – no more!
What I wanna say is go away…just go away…please go away
Can’t you see that your love is killing me?
Every kiss just decays my cavity
Lock the door, ‘cause you won’t be sleepin’ here – no more!
What I wanna say is go away…just go away…just go away
Just go away…please go away
OVERDOSE
Do you remember all the days gone by?
Well, now I’m livin’ with a one track mind
My heart is racin’ like a runaway train
My head is spinnin’ like a hurricane
Is something wrong with me?
Hey – hey – hey - hey
I lost my sanity – I‘m gonna get my fix
Hook me up another blow
My new drug is rock and roll
Gonna take an overdose
I got the feeling rushin’ through my veins
Another shot and I’ll be gone again
Don’t need a reason to induce myself
It’s an addiction and a cry for help
Is something wrong with me?
Hey – hey – hey - hey
I lost my sanity – I‘m gonna get my fix
Hook me up another blow
My new drug is rock and roll
Gonna take an overdose
Is something wrong with me?
Hey – hey – hey - hey
I lost my sanity – I‘m gonna get my fix
Hook me up another blow
My new drug is rock and roll
Gonna take an overdose
Hook me up another blow
My new drug is rock and roll
Gonna take an overdose
Hey – hey – hey – hey
SLAVE
I wanna get you alone
I wanna teach you everything
And when there’s no one around
I’m gonna make you try everything – you’ll try everything – oh oh
I wanna get you alone – I wanna break up your home
I wanna shield you from everything but myself
I wanna tell you a lie about the voice in my head
I wanna make you my slave again – don’t let me down
Forgive me if I don’t mind if we awaken the dead
My spirit’s so out of line
Someday I might reconcile with all these thoughts that I have
The ones that haunt me at night
I tried to lock them inside but they keep breakin’ out
I wanna get you alone – I wanna break up your home
I wanna shield you from everything but myself
I wanna tell you a lie about the voice in my head
I wanna make you my slave again – don’t let me down
In the depths of my past
Look around – it’s my one last regret
I wanna get you alone – I wanna break up your home
I wanna shield you from everything but myself
I wanna tell you a lie about the voice in my head
I wanna make you my slave again – don’t let me down
Don’t let me down – oh oh oh
Don’t let me down – oh oh
NEVER BELIEVE
Sometimes I think I’m right on the edge of where the happy people play
Sometimes I find out that I wasn’t even close
And you can talk about the way that I call you every time you have a date
Just to find out if you’re in your bed alone
So, give me one good reason to say I’m movin’ on
When all I can do is sing this bitter song – callin’ out your name…
With all the love you gave shinin’ down on me
But, I could never, oh, never believe
I’m reachin’ out my hand – come and rescue me
‘Cause I could never, oh, never believe
Remember when we used to die for a kiss and we could laugh the night away
It ain’t so funny, now that I’m the only joke
Well, now and then I get a taste of your lips and I can smell your hairspray
But, it’s your big brown eyes that I think I miss the most
So, give me one good reason to say I’m movin’ on
When all I can do is sing this bitter song – callin’ out your name…
With all the love you gave shinin’ down on me
But, I could never, oh, never believe
I’m reachin’ out my hand – come and rescue me
‘Cause I could never, oh, never believe
So, give me one good reason to say I’m movin’ on
When all I can do is sing this bitter song – callin’ out your name…
With all the love you gave shinin’ down on me
But, I could never, oh, never believe
I’m reachin’ out my hand – come and rescue me
‘Cause I could never, oh, never believe
Oh no, I could never, oh, never believe
I’m reachin’ out my hand…
ONE MORE CHANCE
You like pleasure with pain
A quaint ménage-a-trois
Touch your lips to the flame
And detonate the bomb
You can’t ignore the words you hear
So, listen close to this my dear
Every time you walk away
You can’t resist it when I say
Give me one more chance to break your heart – to break your heart
One more chance to break your heart – to break your heart
Here we go – we’re out of control
One more chance to break your heart – to break your heart
Feed your addiction to me
Emotional demise
Here for your fantasies
Seduce me with your lies
Obsession rotten to the core
But, all is fair in love and war
And when you try to break these chains
Keep crawling back to hear me say
Give me one more chance to break your heart – to break your heart
One more chance to break your heart – to break your heart
Here we go – we’re out of control
One more chance to break your heart – to break your heart
You can’t ignore the words you hear
So, listen close to this my dear
Every time you walk away
You can’t resist it when I say
Give me one more chance to break your heart – to break your heart
One more chance to break your heart – to break your heart
Here we go – we’re out of control
One more chance to break your heart – to break your heart
WRECK
I feel I’m breakin’ open
I feel I’m underground
A magnet for bad fortune
Another sip and I might drown…
I got the weight of the world on my back
I got a pain in my soul – heart attack
I guess you’d call me a wreck
I’m so damn tired of waitin’
I learned my lesson well
I’m fallin’ from salvation
I’m fallin’ right back into hell…
I got the weight of the world on my back
I got a pain in my soul – heart attack
I guess you’d call me a wreck
Will it all go away?
I got the weight of the world on my back
I got a pain in my soul – heart attack
I guess you’d call me a wreck
I got the weight of the world on my back
I got a pain in my soul – heart attack
I guess you’d call me a wreck
FIVE PAST TWO
I drove for six long days and watched the nights erode
I wished for other ways to leave the past alone
Oh, yeah
You thought you’d seen the end of me, it happened much too easily
Oh, yeah
I wanted wife and kids and a life with no regrets
I can’t shake the things she did, but it hasn’t stopped me yet
Oh, yeah
You thought you’d seen the end of me, it happened much too easily
Oh, yeah
You lied to me, you lied to me, you lied to me
She just took the wheel at noon – made the backseat my bedroom
And just dreamed of better days
I woke up at five past two – just to find the dream was true
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh, yeah
You thought you’d seen the end of me, it happened much too easily
Oh, yeah
You lied to me, you lied to me, you lied to me
She just took the wheel at noon – made the backseat my bedroom
And just dreamed of better days
I woke up at five past two – just to find the dream was true
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
BETTER PLACE
Oh, God can you see me?
Tryin’ to find my way to a better place
Where the light is shinin’ brighter all the time
Can you see me?
The lines of life growing deeper on my face
A reminder that we’re only human
And now we’re rising toward the sun
Like a phoenix from the sea
Can’t believe we’d turn back now, can’t believe we’d turn back now
And I stumble and I fall
‘Cause it takes the breath from me
Can’t believe we’d turn back now, can’t believe we’d turn back now
We all make mistakes now
A sign says come in and wash those sins away
A reprieve for all of us stuck in denial
Can I ask why?
Been saving up my pride for another day
And it seems that day is only getting’ further
But, now we’re rising toward the sun
Like a thousand mysteries
Can’t believe we’d turn back now, can’t believe we’d turn back now
And I stumble and I fall
‘Cause it takes the breath from me
Can’t believe we’d turn back now, can’t believe we’d turn back now
Oh, God can you see me?
Tryin’ to find my way to a better place
All songs written by and © 2003/2004 - JAKE STRATTON & TEN WITH STRANGERS
FALL AWAY
Too many demons to hide - Too much to lock up inside
Too many answers unknown
Too many holes in my heart - Too many holes in my soul
I think I’m out of control
And it tears me up inside
Waitin’ for my judgement day
And I fall away – away – away
I fall away – away – away
Sometimes I wish I could die - Sometimes I can’t get a high
Another lie that we’re sold
These things controlling my life – Addictions making me sick
My flesh and blood turning numb
And the rage I hold inside
Rushes through my frozen veins
And I fall away – away – away
I fall away – away – away
I fall away – away – away
I fall away – away – away
Someone save this wasted life – losing my grip and I fall away…
Someone save this wasted life – losing my grip…
Chorus
And I fall away – away – away
I fall away – away – away
I fall away – away – away
I fall away – away – away
I'LL BE THE ONE
Watchin’, waitin’, hopin’, cryin’ for days when you leave me alone
Silent sleepin’ through the night while you’re breathin’ with the TV on
You’re like a deadly disease that keeps haunting me and I can’t find the cure
I’m gonna leave this town and not turn around – I won’t see you anymore
I don’t want you – I can’t turn away
I don’t need you – No, I don’t need you
I’ll be the one for you until the pain is gone – I’ll be the one
This foolish dream come true
Wake me now – Wake me now
Thought you loved me – thought your love was free
All your tender kisses – they just poisoned me
Just the same – only myself to blame – for thoughts of staying with you
Overrated, you’re outdated and fading fast from the truth
You bleed your words on the wall – scream them down the hall and leave the wounds on my face
I’m just looking for time to get you off my mind
‘Cause somethin’ seems out of place
I don’t want you – I can’t turn away
I don’t need you – No, I don’t need you
I’ll be the one for you until the pain is gone – I’ll be the one
This foolish dream come true
Wake me now – Wake me now
I’ll be the one for you until the pain is gone – I’ll be the one
This foolish dream come true
Wake me now – Wake me now
I don’t want you
I don’t want you
I don’t want you
No, I don’t want you