Verona Grove: Lyrics

Lights go on the Camera
Spotlight on America
Happy hearts are torn
Change is on the way.

Voices on the radio
Spread the news we HATE to know
Faces on the T.V.
Spread the ANIMOSITY.

We gotta com together
Listen Up.....
You better hurry hurry LOVE
Cause we NEED this NOW
So take ACTION for yourself
Just take ACTION for yourself.

A network and community,
Our social Philosophy.
What goes around comes back,
Let's learn so we know how to act.

When LOVE becomes HATE,
And HOPE is too LATE.
Now there's WAR in our HEARTS,
No we can't let this FALL APART.

Let's get it back where we started..........

While we're still young,
Let's put an end to this mystery.
While there's still TIME,
Let's try to figure it out.

And I've heard stories of WAR.
I'm not a child of INFANTRY.
I'm not too sure how it started.
Let's put an END to this SCENE.

Cause the Choirs are singing for You and ME to WAKE.
There's a Flaw in the system Burning up the PLANS that we MADE.
And the KIDS the KIDS, They're starting to LOSE their WAY.
What's the SECRET here, what's the SECRET - I'M DYING TO HEAR.

So you call this love....
I think we threw it AWAY.
Our hearts are Beating much FASTER,
Cause our sense of direction is lost.

And I've heard stories of HOPE.
We're all searching for FORTUNE.
WE LOST THE KIDS TO TECHNOLOGY-
Cause we're all to busy to see.

And WInter starts over, even SUMMER IS COLD HERE.

All the KIDS are GONE, All the KIDS have LOST THEIR WAY.

I'm back in town and I'm practicing the words I MISS YOU.
Thinking up a story line so I can keep my EDGE.

We wave GOODBYE to the FREEDOM we've been used to.
It's gonna be a long, long WINTER.
PEOPLE SEEM SO COLD AROUND HERE.

Let's show the world who we are now.
Let's RUN AWAY FROM EXPECTED.
Cause we could DIE YOUNG or we could get OLD.
WE ARE, WE ARE so much MORE THAN WE CAN OFFER NOW.

We moved away-Just Like a movie scene.
I hit the road and YOU STOOD BY ME.
Well, Something's gotta give, somethings gotta LET ME IN.
We wave GOODBYE the the FREEDOM we've been used to.
It's gonna be a LONG, LONG WINTER,
The People seem so COLD around HERE.

Here's to the SILENCE.
Here'e to the MOVIES.
The BROKEN DOWN CITY I see before ME.
I MISSED YOU ALL ALONG.
I LOVED YOU ALL THE SAME.

I'm SIGNING OFF today,
Turning off the microphone and FLYING AWAY.
TO a CITY that LOVES me.
Where they don't know MY NAME.
Out here it's life like a MOVIE
We're all part of the SCENE.

LAS VEGAS NIGHTS,
TEMPTATIONS HIGH,
WE GO UP AND DOWN THE STRIP.
THE BRIGHT SHINING LIGHTS IN MY MIND-
I GOTTA FIND A LIFE LIKE THIS.

I'm not so ORDINARY here.
There's no REALITY-
WE CAN DISAPPEAR.

LAS VEGAS NIGHTS

Easy COME, Easy GO
Throwing down twenty's as they clear the board.
SO HIT ME, but don't TAKE ME DOWN.
LUCK be a LADY.

And now all your true colors start shining through.
Your up on TOP of the WORLD,
With this CITY shining down on YOU.

LAS VEGAS TURN ME AROUND,
THis WORLD is DRAGGING ME DOWN.
I'm Getting LOST in the SOUNDS of YOU.
Out here the GOOD People LIE,
Out here my HOPE is ALIVE.
JUST OPEN UP FOR MY DREAMS TONIGHT.

I watch the SUN RISE up and FALL on ME.
I get the HARDEST part of EVERY DREAM.
I'll make the same MISTAKES before I crash and Fade away.

And if I DIE before I WAKE.
I'd FIGHT the same GOOD FIGHT I am TODAY.
I'd find the BEST THREE WORDS to say to you when I'm away.

This ain't THE WAY we want it to be.
WE GOTTA ESCAPE REALITY.
Try to REPLACE THE LIFE WE LEAD.
So we can MOVE ON, MOVE ON, MOVE ON.

I see my HEART take flight over the sky
A BEAUTIFUL dance with the STARS alined.
I WISH upon each one as this feeling slips AWAY.

AND if I SEE another day,
I'm holding on so TIGHT just let me stay.
I'll give you everything so YOU don't have to see me
FADE AWAY.

GIve me LOVE, Give me EVERYTHING you got.
Give me HOPE, Just make me EVERYTHING I'm NOT.
I'm picking up on the things that KEEP ME HANGING ON.

SO TURN AROUND, TURN AROUND Take it from the top,
WE HAD IT ALL, HAD IT ALL Don't let it STOP.
I'm MOVING on, MOVING on until it TAKES ME DOWN.

And when it feels like you've hit the bottom,
You hit a one-way street, and EVERYTHING'S MOVING AGAINST ME.
Everywhere you go, it's not any different.
Still you sing your happy songs, but it's not what you know.

Can anybody see it different now?
Can anybody see I'M NOT OKAY?

Take a DEEP BREATHE and LET IT ALL OUT.
I've got BIG IDEAS I can NEVER LIVE DOWN.
And it's all in my head I know,
But it's HARD for me to think,
That things are gonna be ALRIGHT NOW.
It's TOO late to CRY now.
Never TOO LATE TO TRY,
You gotta keep holding on TIGHT.
Cause PRETTY SOON KID THINGS ARE GONNA COME AROUND.

SO you take it in.
It's a lot to handle now.
You start to feel how this could start to take control of everything you know.
While NEW YORK's sleeping L.A.'s Dreaming.
Your Sleepless and your numb, and you can't feel at home.

Pretty soon KID, we'll all be SINGING HALLELUJAH......

Someone help me now and someone take control
'Cause time wasted is time needed
To make the most of what we're in here for
And we could figure this out or we could find ourselves
Hiding six feet under, the lives we never knew about

And I never knew you to be anything real

Broadcast the news (and sleep soundly)
Upon further review (this kills me)
You break down but you don't ask questions
You take time and your friends for granted

Here's what I came here for
Here's why I'm writing you this song
I'm pouring out my heart
And maybe next time you could stop and think before you

Broadcast the news (and sleep soundy)
Upon further review (this kills me)
You break down but you don't ask questions
You take time and your friends for granted

Over and over, the story thought over
Everything you dreamed of never got older
Tossing and turning at night
Just tell me how do you, how do you...

You got it all in your mind, but it failed you this time,
You sealed your lips, when you kissed your dreams goodbye.
And now as far as I can see, I see the west coast at my feet.
And I swear I could taste the salt water when they taught me how to dream.

So sing it with me, Sing it with me,
And tell me your not, Tell me your not,
Scared of being everything you dreamed,
From here to the top, Baby don’t stop.
We’re taking on the world it seems.
So sing it with me, Sing it with me,

You start it over but the past rewinds,
I’ve played the role a thousand times.
We’re always searching for more and
I can tell we’re getting closer tonight.

So if your ready get set, go,
Cause in your heart yeah, you’ll know,
That this is the life this is the life you want to live.

I wish I may, I wish I might Be the one you take home at night.
Cause I wrote this down so we could sing.

Now as the time goes by,
I’m thinking this over
and the days role by, Its now or never.
A palm tree is like a four-leaf clover
and my next wish is to be here forever

Give me a moment, I’ll tell you what I heard.
They’re holding me hostage, To a life I’ve loved to learn.
The silence could kill me, no need to talk seriously.
You’re kicking and screaming, I’m living and dreaming.

The holiday’s not far away, so slow me down again today.

We’re all to late,
And we can’t get by,
No words to say,
I wish that I could say something to get me through this.
It’s to late,
But we’re alright,
We’ll be searching, and hoping things are gonna come out right.

I fell in love with thinking, My heart would see me through,
But now it ends up being, I need you here with me too.
Enough thinking about last year lets live for tonight,
I’ll put my hands here, holding you tight,
The holiday’s not far away, so slow me down again, I say

Aside of everything that we can’t control,
The goodbyes, the hard nights, and the long distance calls.
There is one thing that I can promise you, and that is that I can give you now.

Why can’t you get me through this?
Why can’t you get me through this?
Why can’t you ?
Why can’t you?
Why can’t you?

Why, why would you
Ever care what it's like to be me, yeah
Oh why, why would anybody care to listen to me

'Cause I think I'm crazy, yeah
But I can't imagine being anybody else
And I know I'm crazy, yeah
But don't you think it's okay to be okay with yourself

Now all this this time I never thought it'd be
I'll count the minutes, there goes three
I'm calling in to see what they can make of me

So why, why would you
Ever care what it's like to be me, yeah
Oh why, why would anybody care to listen to me
Why would you, why would you

Now here we go to California
Through Nevada skipping Georgia
When we set foot upon that ground
God damn, my only dream I found

So why, why would you
Ever care what it's like to be me, yeah
Oh why, why would anybody care to listen to me
Why would you

Now here we go to California
Someday I know we'll get to Georgia
Why would you
Why would you

You're taken down by the pressure
Of the story that you make this up to be
Mistaking passion for pleasure
Where's the progress, you remember

I noticed you told me to be careful
To be careful for this place
It's known for disaster
And disaster is known for destruction of your life

Why can't we win, why can't we

All take turns, I know it's harder
It's coming 'round again, the fact of the matter
Is I've got nothing to prove to anyone
I haven't got much, but I'm getting somewhere

You see me off with your goodbyes, with your heartache
With those dramatic stories and I, I'm humbly leaving
With my modesty on my sleeve and I say goodbye

Why can't we win, why can't we

All take turns, I know it's harder
It's coming 'round again, the fact of the matter
Is I've got nothing to prove to anyone
I haven't got much, but I'm getting some

We all take turns, I know it's harder
It's coming 'round again, The fact of the matter
Is I've got nothing to prove to anyone
I haven't got much, but I'm getting somewhere

And I'm so carefully waiting for this
And I came along to hear you say this
Everything I am is everything I wanted to be

Why can't we

All take turns, I know it's harder
It's coming 'round again, the fact of the matter
Is I've got nothing to prove to anyone
I haven't got much, but I'm getting some

We all take turns, I know it's harder
It's coming 'round again,the fact of the matter
Is I've got nothing to prove to anyone
I haven't got much, but I'm getting somewhere

You say you’re scared,
You’re scared of the fight.
Well I caught myself throwing Punches in my dreams last night.

You think it’s okay,
to hide behind the stars,
run from moving cars,
But the ringing in my ears,
reminds me every night.

Tonight you’re okay,
you wish everybody’d let you work all your pain away.
Screaming from the back of my head,
these dreams will never be dead.
Holding out for revolution.

You call it a dream, you call it a crush.
You’re screaming in vain, but it don’t help much.
You blame it on the weather,
but you don’t expect much of December.
You know you’ve heard the same excuse before.
We’re not holding back anything now listen as we sing.

I'm Right behind you, miles away......

Coming over the stereo
A rock and roll band with no place to go
You spend all your time being a small town celebrity

Sha-nananana, sha-nananana, sha-nananana...

You're running from all of your memories
And scared of dealing with kids like me
You can't take the pressure but nobody knows

Teenage rockstar, only thirty years old
Where the hell did high school go
Welcome to the rock show
Teenage rockstar, only thirty years old
Where the hell did high school go
Welcome to the rock show

They could sign you up and call you gold
Your lies tell the stories that got so old
And your supermodel girlfriend just wasted her life
On a small town self-centered rockstar ego

Teenage rockstar, only thirty years old
Where the hell did high school go
Welcome to the rock show
Teenage rockstar, only thirty years old
Where the hell did high school go
Welcome to the rock show

Coming over the stereo
A rock and roll band with no place to go
You spend all your time being a small town celebrity

Teenage rockstar, only thirty years old
Where the hell did high school go
Welcome to the rock show
Teenage rockstar, only thirty years old
Where the hell did high school go
Welcome to the rock show

Do you like my haircut, do you think I'm so hot
Where the hell is high school, back then I was so cool
Do you like my haircut, do you think I'm so hot
Where the hell is high school, back then I was so cool

Our hearts are ruthless and uneffectionate
Just call us crazy and no one will question it
How could we ever, ever let you down
'Cause talk is cheap and no one is listening
We see right through the pain that they're offering
We search forever and nothing here is true

'Cause a heart won't save me
And I hope that maybe
This year will be much better than the last
Tell me we're okay now, we'll forget the past
This year maybe we'll just make it through
We'll make it through

We speak our minds and we stand behind our words
And knowing that we're scared is the worst thing we ever heard
How did we ever, ever get this far
And when it all comes down to it
Remind us that we can't forget
That we're the ones who put ourselves in this predicament

'Cause a heart won't save me
And I hope that maybe
This year will be much better than the last
Tell me we're okay now, we'll forget the past
This year maybe we'll just make it through
We'll make it through

I'm going crazy with the thoughts of me being alone, that's so unfair
I'm feeling helpless with the plans I've made to get me everywhere

This year will be much better than the last
Tell me we're okay now, we'll forget the past
This year maybe we'll just make it through
We'll make it through

My heart's on trial for murder
For killing anything that gets in my way
It might not be that dramatic
But it sure feels that way
But I'm really not here and I'm not adding up to what I expect of me

I saw my hero staring at me from the crowd
And suddenly I know I got my feet up off the ground
'Cause that could be me, or this could be you
But I can't let this fall apart

And I've been known for confrontation
To only two best friends of mine
And I've been trying to justify
What I call my best work and I'm fine,
But I'm really not here and I'm not adding up to what I expect of me

I saw my hero staring at me from the crowd
And suddenly I know I got my feet up off the ground
'Cause that can be me, or this could be you
But I can't let this fall apart

When you don't have anything, you don't have anything to lose

I saw my hero staring at me from the crowd
And suddenly I know I got my feet up off the ground
'Cause that can be me, or this could be you
But I can't let this fall apart

Here’s your chance to let it out.
To show me how you really feel.
The hardest part is almost over,
From here on out we bring our plans to real.

How could this be over,
when all you knew was lying there before you?
How do take control of all the things you know have been controlling you?

Wait for me now, I’m coming home.
I’m bringing back my sense of humor.
So reach for me now and forget the thoughts of this.
Another goodbye could be surrender.

Slow me down before I move too fast
so I can make the best of this time with you.
The saddest part is never over,
I’m sorry it’s the truth we never admit to.

And now I’m four months older,
a thousand short, and ten times smarter.
All the lessons we learned a University could never ever offer

Time keeps dragging on, my life's moving on
Take your chances, roll the dice, pass only time
Well the phone won't ring and now I'm starting to think,
That maybe yes, maybe no
Maybe yes, maybe so

But there's not enough bottles to ease this pain
The sound of my dreams make me look insane
And what do you mean by reality

She's doing the things that make me know
Doing the things that help to show
Heart-throb tell me, will I ever make you mine
More than anything, broken hearts can sing
Maybe yes, maybe no
Maybe yes or maybe so

But there's not enough bottles to ease this pain
The sound of my dreams make me look insane
And what do you mean by reality

Over and over, the story thought over
Everything you dreamed of never got older
Tossing and turning at night
Just tell me, how do you, how do you
How do you sleep at night

Take your chances on a million
Tell the truth and all of your lies
When you say it makes you happy
Well I'm sure it was a line