when bad news gets worse (original version)

this is not the way i saw anything happening

i'm only older

screaming over destiny tonight

don't hear my laugh echoing through your jealousy

i just hear my voice

i just hear my voice

this is not the way i saw anything happening

we spent our summers hanging under flickering streetlights

nowadays there's nothing on the radio

i just hear your voice

i just hear your voice

honesty is haunting me

i dedicate this morning to my lies

and this clarity is clouding me

let's drink to friends who left us far behind

yeah let's drink to friends who left this all behind

i'd send my best if you would ever call me back

i made friends with snakes then i made love to my disguise

i don't have a chance

this song and dance will bury me

i don't have a choice

i don't have a choice

honesty is haunting me

i dedicate this morning to my lies

and this clarity is clouding me

let's drink to friends who left us far behind

yeah let's drink to friends who left this all behind

and all i know

is enough to keep me guessing

this jaded world

reminds me of what i'm not

we sing along

in hopes of recognition

i guarantee that no one knows we're here

not selling movie rights so think again

not selling anything tonight

this whole place is filled with ornaments

hollowed out and made to shine

if certainty is what you make of this

i certainly won't make believe

the calm before the storm is running strong

i just hear my voice

i just hear my voice

i just hear my voice

honesty is haunting me

i dedicate this morning to my lies

and this clarity is clouding me

let's drink to friends who left us far behind

honesty is haunting me

i dedicate this morning to my lies

and this travesty is trapping me

let's drink to friends who left us far behind

yeah let's drink to friends who left this all behind