The Polaroid Truth
Last Day As Children

1 Hollywood Endings
2 Mind over Heart
3 Want you
4 Last Day As Children
5 A Thousand Years
6 Break
7 Love That Will Conquer Death
8 Heroine
9 The End


Lyrics:

-Hollywood Endings-

Every story’s got its hero
But every hero makes mistakes
And while Superman is stopping bullets
He leaves a heart melting away

And there may be no Hollywood endings
This time around
But whenever I see you cry
I can’t help but die a bit inside
And pray for a Hollywood ending somehow
So Pray for a Hollywood ending somehow

The angst of early morning coffee
As habit dictates life
Sips of hell from 9-5 every day
Just to fight the bills at night

And whatever happens just know I love you
And my life would never be the same
Without your arms to hold me near you
And keep my dreams high above the flames
And whoever I become
Whoever I might be
Just know you gave it all for me
Just know that I don’t believe

that there will be no Hollywood endings
This time around
And whenever I see you cry
I can’t help but die a bit inside
And pray for a Hollywood ending somehow
So Pray for a Hollywood ending
Pray for a Hollywood ending
Pray for a Hollywood ending somehow

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-Mind Over Heart-

She sleeps in her bedroom alone
She weeps when there’s nobody home
She speaks to her frost covered window
She breathes but the air seems to shallow

Does she know
The world moves on?
She’ll learn to care
When they’re already gone

It’s mind over heart
And she’s full of doubt
But one day she’ll start
To figure it out

The way of her life is too long
She’s old but she knows she’s too young
When she dreams there’s nothing wrong
And she lives with a smile plastered on

Because she knows
That people move on
She’ll learn to care
When they’re already gone

It’s mind over heart
And she’s full of doubt
But one day she’ll start
To figure it out

If I could tell her then what I know now
If I could make her see, I’d be changed somehow
But she’ll do anything not to let it in
She peels her life away like a second skin

One day she’ll know
That people move on
She’ll learn to care
When they’re already gone
They’re already gone.

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-Want You-

Good things come to those who wait
But they always go, just as fast as they came
And I know it may, be too late
But I just want you to know

I want you so bad
I want you so, I want you so
I want you so bad
I want you so, I want you so

Come and go as you please
And I won’t try to make sense of anything
But I want to know
Who wins in this game
And how long do we have to play?

I want you so bad
I want you so, I want you so
I want you so bad
I want you so, I want you so

And if you need time
Then let me find the line
And I’ll wait on my side.
For your beautiful eyes
To wake up and realize
That they want to die in my arms tonight

I want you to want to
Die in my arms tonight

I want you so bad
I want you so, I want you so
I want you so bad
I want you so, I want you so

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-Last Day As Children-

On our knees
We kiss the ground
On broken pavement we mourn our innocence
Our world’s been turned
Upside down
Our flags fly low but they still stand proud

And with this mess we’re in
It’s hard to separate the boys from the men
The beautiful thing about today
Is it’s safe to say
It’s our last day as children

On our knees
We lift our eyes
But in the dirt we bury our faith
Freedom rains
With vengeful eyes
The flags you forced on us will never fly

And with this mess we’re in
It’s hard to separate the boys from the men
The beautiful thing about today
Is it’s safe to say
It’s our last day as children

What have I done?
(They stole our lives)
So tell me why
(And we keep trying to find)
Your revenge
(The truth in a lie)
Is taken out on me

Years go by
(They came to free us)
We’re wasting lives
(They defeated their own)
As we find
(Reason they’d come)
Nothing at all

And with this mess we’re in
It’s hard to separate the boys from the men
The beautiful thing about today
Is it’s safe to say
It’s our last day as children

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-A Thousand Years-

It’s spinning too fast and truth’s like the sun
We’re running around it
We’re searching for meaning
But, I swear, we still haven’t found it

A thousand years
And I’ll be bone
But while we’re here
Are you alone?

If you’re trying so hard just to make it last,
Then where are you going?
And how does it feel to have walked my past
Without ever knowing?

It took me ages
To find out what I’ve always wanted
And then to realize
There’s nothing there
So our ideals with fall
Just like a comet heading toward us
Look up and realize
There’s nothing fair.

I’m constantly falling but I can’t see
My eyes are exhausted
That one glimpse of hope that I thought I had
I fear that I’ve lost it

A thousand years
And I’ll be bone
But while we’re here
Are you alone?

A thousand fears
Creep through my bones
But while we’re here
Are you alone?

A thousand years
Creep through my bones
But while we’re still here
Are you alone?

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-Break-

I know you wanted to be yourself
But I am tired of saving myself
You couldn’t bend
That’s why I broke
Don’t hold your breath
‘Cause I’m not coming back

(Don’t hold your breath
‘Cause I’m not coming back)

Watch me drown
Watch my back
When it finally bottoms out
Who will save this wreck?
And I am tired
Of saving myself
You couldn’t bend; that’s why I broke
And I’m not coming back.
So help me bend before I break
‘Cause I’m not coming back

I know you want me to change my life
But I can’t help but be myself
I don’t need your help to live my life
Though I find myself alone
For the sake of moving on
While you cry I’ll hold my breath
But we both know it’s getting old

Watch me drown
Watch my back
When it finally bottoms out
Who will save this wreck?
And I am tired
Of saving myself
You couldn’t bend; that’s why I broke
And I’m not coming back.
So help me bend before I break
‘Cause I’m not coming back

Soon I might find myself alone
You think you’re so right but I am right below you
And one lonely night when I am crying by myself, again
I might realize that I’m dying, by myself, without you here

Watch me drown
Watch my back
When it finally bottoms out
Who will save this wreck?
And I am tired
Of saving myself
You couldn’t bend; that’s why I broke
And I’m not coming

Watch me drown
Watch my back
When I’m six feet underground
Who will save this wreck?
And I am tired
Of saving myself
You couldn’t bend; that’s why I broke
And I’m not coming back.
So help me bend before I break
‘Cause I’m not coming back

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-Love That Will Conquer Death-

A lonely tear will fall to the ground
And in your grave
A lonely heart is left its wake

But the dirt that’s piling higher
seems heavier than my will
And I can’t go on breathing air that’s empty and still

And it seems too quiet around me
I’m suddenly alone
And if I could feel anything
I’d wish that I was numb

So I prayed for answers
But God refused to answer me
So there’s nothing left that I believe

And I can’t stop shaking long enough to take one breath
Because there is no love that will love that will conquer death

If I can’t breath
Show me how
Show me love that will conquer death.

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-Heroine-

You can see the love pumping through my veins
But my feelings for you can never be outweighed
And I'm tryin’ to fight, when these feelings inside come alive
But I can’t help but wonder what’s on the other side

I know a man is made of what he’s done
But I don’t like what I've become
And from a lonely man’s point of view
Be my heroine and help me through
Be my heroine and help me through

I can see my life resting in your eyes
As you turn away, one last time
And the skin breaks and arteries beat till they’re blown
And I’ve finally found the reason why my life feels so long

I know a man is made of what he’s done
And I don’t like what I've become
From a lonely needle’s point of view
Be my heroine and help me through
Be my heroine and help me through

And too this day I crave
As I sit a slave to the city park grave
So throw a dime in my cup
And I’ll pretend to give it up today

I know a man is made of what he’s done
And I don’t like what I've become
From a street corner’s point of view
Be my heroine and help me through
Be my heroine and help me through

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-The End-

Once in a while someone comes along
And lying in bed just blankets time
But as days go by, it all starts to fade
And who knows why

As love turns to stone, a wall piles high
Leaving nothing but a maze of questions and
It doesn’t matter how hard I try
It just takes time

A losing battles hard to win
A broken heart is hard to mend
When you’re pushing me away
And it may take a while
But I have faith that I’ll
Learn to love again
But till then,
This is the end.

As time moves on you’re still hung up on the past
Still dreaming about someone else
With all the time you spent with him you need some time apart
But old habits die hard

A losing battles hard to win
A broken heart is hard to mend
When you’re pushing me away
And it may take a while
But I have faith that I’ll
Learn to love again
But till then,
This is the end.

I don’t know why I try so hard
On your own you’ll figure out
That I would give you the world
If you asked me too
I’d do anything for you

A losing battles hard to win
A broken heart is hard to mend
When you’re pushing me away
And it may take a while
But I have faith that you’ll
Learn to love again
But till then,
This is the end.

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