Streetlight Manifesto - A Better Place, A Better Time Lyrics
And so she wakes upIn time to break downShe left a note up on the dresserAnd she's right on timeYou don't know anythingRight or wrongI said I knowAnd she said soI wanna panicBut I've had it so I goYou don't owe anything to anyoneBut don't take your life'cause it's all that you've gotYou'd be better off just up and leavingIf you don't think they will stopAnd when you wake upEverything is gonna be fineI guarantee that you wake in a better placeIn a better timeSo you're tired of livingFeel like you might give inWell don'tIt's not your timeLooking through the paper todayLooking for a specific pageDon't wanna find her full name followed by datesBecause when i left her aloneShe made a sound, like a moan"You're known by everyone for everything you've done"***** buying flowers for gravesI'd rather buy you a one way non-stopTo anywhereFind anyoneDo anythingForget and start again, loveShe said she won't go(and that's that)It hurts too much to stand byYou've got to stop and draw a lineEveryone here has to choose a side tonightThe moment of truth is haunting youDon't forget your familyRegardless what you choose to doYou can't decideAnd they're screaming "why won't you?"I'll start the engine but I can't take this ride for youI'll draw your bath and I'll load your gunBut I hope so bad that you bathe and huntAnnie's tired of forgetting about todayAnd always planning for tomorrow (tomorrow)Tomorrow and she says, "The saddest day I came across wasWhen I learned that life goes on without me" (without me)Without me and she says, "If everyone has someone else,Then I ain't got nobody's love to save me" (save me)Save me, and she says "I think I'll pass away tonight,'cause it seems I'll never get it right, it's just me" (just reality)And when you wake upEverything is gonna be fineGuarantee that you wake in a better placeIn a better timeSo you're tired of livingFeel like you might give inWell don'tIt's not your timeAnnie says she wouldn't mindIf they never find a cure for all her problems (her problems)Proplems and she says, as long as she has someone near to make it clearShe does not need to solve them (solve them)Solve them and she says, "oh, this loneliness is killing me,It's filling me with anger and resentment (resentment)Resentment and she says, "I'm turning into someone that I never thought I'd have to be again"And when you wake upEverything is gonna be fineGuarantee that you wake up in a better placeIn a better timeSo you're tired of livingFeel like you might give inWell don'tIt's not your timeAnnie's tired of forgetting about todayAnd always planning for tomorrowTommorow and she says, "The saddest day i came acrosss wasWhen I learned that life goes on without me"Without me and she says, "If everyone has someone else,Then I ain't got nobody's love to save me"Save me and she says, "I think I'll pass away tonight,'cause it seems I'll never get it right, it's just me" (just reality)And when you wake upEverything is going to be fineI guarantee that you wake in a better placeAnd in a better timeSo you're tired of livingAnd you feel like you might give inWell don'tIt's not your timeAnd even if it was soI wouldn't let you goYou could run run run run but I will follow closeSomeday you will say "that's it, that's all"But I'll be waiting there with open arms to break your fallI know that you think that you're on your ownBut just know that I'm hereAnd I'll lead you homeIf you let meShe said "forget me"But I can't
