Playlist The Fray

the fray - how to save a life

Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life?

Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you...

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life?

As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life?

the fray - never say never

Some things we don't talk about
better do without
just hold a smile
falling in and out of love
the same damn problem
together all the while

you can never say never
while we don't know why
time and time again
younger now then we were before
don't let me go,
don't let me go,
don't let me go,
don't let me go,
don't let me go,
don't let me go

picture you're the queen of everything
as far as the i can see
under your command
i will be your gaurdening
when all is crumbling
steady your hand

you can never say never
while we don't know why
time and time again
younger now then we were before
don't let me go,
don't let me go,
don't let me go,
don't let me go,
don't let me go,
don't let me go

we're falling apart
and coming together again and again
we're coming apart
but we hold it together
hold it together, together again

don't let me go,
don't let me go,
don't let me go,
don't let me go,
don't let me go,
don't let me go(x2)

the fray - look after you

If I don't say this now I will surely break
As I'm leaving the one I want to take
Forgive the urgency but hurry up and wait
My heart has started to separate

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
Oh, oh, oh
I'll look after you

There now, steady love, so few come and don't go
Will you won't you, be the one I always know
When I'm losing my control, the city spins around
You're the only one who knows, you slow it down

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
Oh, oh, oh
I'll look after you

If ever there was a doubt
My love she leans into me
This most assuredly counts
She says most assuredly

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
I'll look after you

It's always have and never hold
You've begun to feel like home
What's mine is yours to leave or take
What's mine is yours to make your own

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
Oh, oh, oh

the fray - fall away

You swear you recall nothing at all
That could make you come back down
You made up your mind to leave it all behind
Now you're forced to fight it out

You fall away from your past
But it's following you now
You fall away from your past
But it's following you

You left something undone, it's now your rerun
It's the one you can't erase
You should have made it right, so you wouldn't have to fight
To put a smile back on your face

You fall away from your past
But it's following you now
You fall away from your past
But it's following you now
You fall away
You fall away

Something I've done that I can't outrun
Maybe you should wait maybe you should run
But there's something you've said that can't be undone

And you fall away from your past
But It's following you

You fall away
It's following you

the fray - over my head

I never knew
I never knew that everything was falling through
That everyone I knew was waiting on a queue
To turn and run when all I needed was the truth
But that's how it's gotta be
It's coming down to nothing more than apathy
I'd rather run the other way than stay and see
The smoke and who's still standing when it clears
And

Everyone knows I'm in
Over my head
Over my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's on your mind
She's on your mind

Let's rearrange
I wish you were a stranger I could disengage
Just say that we agree and then never change
Soften a bit until we all just get along
But that's disregard
Find another friend and you discard
As you lose the argument in a cable car
Hanging above as the canyon comes between
And

Everyone knows I'm in
Over my head
Over my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's on your mind
She's on your mind

Everyone knows I'm in
Over my head
Over my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's on your mind
She's on your?

And suddenly I become a part of your past
I'm becoming the part that don't last
I'm losing you and it's effortless
Without a sound we lose sight of the ground
In the throw around
Never thought that you wanted to bring it down
I won't let it go down till we torture ourselves

Everyone knows I'm in
Over my head
Over my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's on your mind
She's on your mind

Everyone knows
She's on your mind

Everyone knows
She's on your mind
Everyone knows
I'm in over my head
I'm in over my head
I'm in over my...

Everyone knows I'm in
Over my head
Over my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's on your mind
She's on your mind

the fray - heartless

[Chorus]
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul
to a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless?
Oh... How could you be so heartless?
[Verse 1]
How could you be so, cold as the winter wind when it
breeze, yo
Just remember that you talkin' to me though
You need to watch the way you talkin' to me, yo
I mean after all the things that we've been through
I mean after all the things we got into
Hey yo, I know of some things that you ain't told me
Hey yo, I did some things but that's the old me
And now you wanna get me back and you gon' show me
So you walk around like you don't know me
You got a new friend, well I got homies
But in the end it's still so lonely
[Chorus]
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul
to a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless?
Oh... How could you be so heartless?
[Verse 2]
How could you be so Dr. Evil,
you bringin' out a side of me that I don`t know...
I decided we weren't gon' speak so
Why we up 3 A.M. on the phone?
Why does she be so mad at me fo'?
Homie I don`t know, she's hot and cold
I won't stop, won't mess my groove up
'Cause I already know how this thing go
You run and tell your friends that you're leaving me
They say that they don't see what you see in me
You wait a couple months then you gon' see
You'll never find nobody better than me
[Chorus]
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul
to a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless?
Oh... How could you be so heartless?
[Verse 3]
Talkin', talkin', talkin', talk
Baby let's just knock it off
They don't know what we been through
They don't know 'bout me and you
So I got something new to see
And you just gon' keep hatin' me
And we just gon' be enemies
I know you can't believe
I could just leave it wrong
And you can't make it right
I'm gon' take off tonight
Into the night....
[Chorus]
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul
to a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless?
Oh... How could you be so heartless?

the fray - you found me

I found God
On the corner of First and Amistad
Where the West
Was all but won
All alone
Smoking his last cigarette
I said, "Where you been?"
He said, "Ask anything"

Where were you
When everything was falling apart?
All my days
Were spent by the telephone
It never rang
And all I needed was a call
It never came
To the corner of First and Amistad

Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me

But in the end
Everyone ends up alone
Losing her
The only one who's ever know
Who I am, who I'm not
And who I want to be
No way to know
How long she will be next to me

Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me

Early morning
The city breaks
And I've been calling for years
And years, and years, and years
And you never left me no messages
And you never sent me no letters
You got some kind of nerve
Taking all that I want

Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Where were you? Where were you?

Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me

Why'd you have to wait
To find me? To find me?

the fray - happiness

Happiness is just outside my window
Would it crash blowing 80-miles an hour?
Or is happiness a little more like knocking
On your door, and you just let it in?

Happiness feels a lot like sorrow
Let it be, you can?t make it come or go
But you are gone- not for good but for now
Gone for now feels a lot like gone for good

Happiness is a firecracker sitting on my headboard
Happiness was never mine to hold
Careful child, light the fuse and get away
?Cause happiness throws a shower of sparks

Happiness damn near destroys you
Breaks your faith to pieces on the floor
So you tell yourself, that?s probably enough for now
Happiness has a violent roar

Happiness is like the old man told me
Look for it, but you?ll never find it all
But let it go, live your life and leave it
Then one day, wake up and she?ll be home
Home, home, home

the fray - she is

Do not get me wrong I cannot wait for you to come home
For now you're not here and I'm not there, it's like we're on our own
To figure it out, consider how to find a place to stand
Instead of walking away and instead of nowhere to land

This is going to break me clean in two
This is going to bring me close to you

She is everything I need that I never knew I wanted
She is everything I want that I never knew I needed
x2

It's all up in the air and we stand still to see what comes back down
I don't know where it is, I don't know when, but I want you around
When it comes into place with you and I, we go from if to when
Your side and mine are both behind it's indication

This is going bring me clarity
This is going take the heart right out of me

She is everything I need that I never knew I wanted
She is everything I want that I never knew I needed
x2

This is going to bring me to my knees
I just wanna hold you close to me

She is everything I need that I never knew I wanted
She is everything I want that I never knew I needed
x2

the fray - train song

Well I broke down in st. louis
On the kansas city line
And I drunk up all my money
That I borrowed every time

And I fell down at the derby
And the nights black as a crow
There was a train that took me away from here
But a train can't bring me home

What made my dreams so hallow
Was standing at the depot
With a steeple full of swallows
That can never ring the bell

And I come 10000 miles away
With not one thing to sow
Must have been a train that took me away from here
But a train can't bring me home

Well I remember when I lived
With out bothering the past
You know I've been left with
Just the clothes out on my back

Now I'm sorry for what I've done
And I'm out here on my own
Well it was a train that took me away from you
But a train can't bring me home

But it was a train that took me away from you
And a train can't bring me..
Home

the fray - keep on wanting

Everything you want in broken pieces on the floor
And everything you thought you?d ever need
But it?s not what you want but matters and such you want more
So go on, lie to yourself but don?t lie to me

And there?s the door
Didn?t quit but now I believe you don?t need this
Evermore
Yeah tonight lights up, show the town what you can

Open up your broken heart
And keep on wanting
Fallen saints and fallen stars
But it don?t mean nothing
Everybody feels left out of a house they can?t get in
So open up your broken
And keep on wanting
So keep on wanting

There?s two kinds of people, those who try and those who don?t
And only time will tell which one you were
And it?s alright if you don?t know which way you?re gonna go
Just don?t be afraid to feel it all

And there?s the door
Didn?t quit but now I believe you don?t need this
Evermore
Yea tonight lights up, show the town what you can

Open up your broken heart
And keep on wanting
Fallen saints and fallen stars
But it don?t mean nothing
Everybody feels left out of a house they can?t get in
So open up your broken
And keep on wanting
So keep on wanting

Open up
You will find the way to go
Just take the cup
You may be stronger than you know

So open up your broken heart
And keep on wanting
Fallen saints and fallen stars
But it don?t mean nothing
Everybody feels left out of a house they can?t get in
So open up your broken
And keep on wanting
So keep on wanting
So keep on wanting
Keep on wanting

Keep on wanting, keep on
Keep on wanting, keep on
Keep on wanting, keep on
Keep on wanting, keep on

the fray - hold my hand

I found a picture in my basement
My face a hundred years ago
But I don't wanna do like he did
So full of pride and all alone

Escape is in my blood
The fear is in my bones
But I don't wanna walk that road
Please, help me?

Hold my hand,
I hear ghost calling.
Help me stand,
Even if the sky is falling.
And I want you to know,
I can't do it alone.
Hold my hand, my hand, my hand.

This is the burden that I carry
And it goes back a hundred years
The lovely shit I did,
I am done with it
He's got every right to leave
But stay with me

Hold my hand,
I can hear the ghost calling.
And help me stand,
Even if the sky is falling.
And I want you to know,
I can't do it alone.
Hold my hand, my hand, my hand

Hold my hand, hold my hand [2x]

You're the reason why,
I can write a different story
Lift me up, lift me up
I'm falling on my knees again, baby

Hold my hand,
I feel the ghost calling
Help me stand,
I can see the sky falling

Hold my hand,
I can hear the ghost calling.
Help me stand,
I can see the sky falling
And I need you to know,
I can't do it alone.
Hold my hand, my hand, my hand

Hold my hand, hold my hand
I need you now
Hold my hand, hold my hand
I need you to
Hold my hand, hold my hand
I can hear the ghost calling
Hold my hand, hold my hand

the fray - some trust

So you fake you're full and you feel tomorrow
Coming and you gotta do what you can do to get
Away with everything you want and still get what you need.
So you're slowing down cause you've done it before,
You look at the floor and you wonder when it's gonna
Come on up over your head so you can get some rest.

Some trust in love and some trust in hatred
Some trust in fear and some in violence
Some trust in faith and some trust in fortune
Some trust God and some just get away.

Swear to God I'm going to get it right
Stay down tied until I get my fill.
So I take it all but it's falling through
Done it before so maybe a little bit
More will make it easier to get on through the door.

Some trust in pain and some trust in pleasure
Some trust in union, some in innocence
Some trust in fear and some trust in fortune
Some trust in everyone and some just get away.

Call it security,
Call it your purity,
Call it the words we pray,
Call it the sins we say,
We never wanted this to be the one we miss.

Some trust in God and some trust in country
Some trust in love and some in violence
Some trust in diamonds, some trust in devils
Some trust fear and some just get away

the fray - absolute

I've seen this one before, the girl she gets away
Everybody knows it but no one tries to stop it
Cause she barely even knows him but if she could see inside
Everything is quiet as she waits to tell him who she is

Is this all we get to be absolute

Quiet but I'm sure there is something here
Tell me everything cause I want to hear

It's a kiss sits upon on her lips that waits for planes and battle ships
She wants to be a dancer and he has got a picture
On his wall and it's a sailor in a new port every night
Yet man was born to trouble like sparks fly upwards innocent

Is this all we get to be absolute

Quiet but I'm sure there is something here
Tell me everything cause I want to hear

All we are and all we want
40 years come and gone
All we are in photographs
Will never be taken

Quiet but I'm sure there is something here
Tell me everything cause I want you here
Quiet but I'm sure there is something here
Tell me everything cause I want to hear

the fray - enough for now

The daughter's father watches,
quietly we assume
He's not longer with us
but he left this dusty room
In your name and it's an honor,
it's a shame but it's your honor
Take it on your shoulder
til you can find another

That's enough for now,
he should've never left you broken
He should've held you,
things your father never could do
That's enough for now,
he would've never left you broken
He would've held you,
things your father never told you

The century before you
never could turn 21
Years and years he waited
just watching for a son
For someone to go ahead,
take the name he said
Years and years he waited
and a daughter came instead

But that's enough for now,
he should've never left you broken
He should've held you,
things your father never could do
That's enough for now,
he would've never left you broken
He would've held you,
things your father never told you

Breathing comes in pairs
Except for twice
One begins and one's goodbye

Sixty years of sorrow
he got 5 or 6 of bliss
Left my mother's mother
without so much as a kiss

But that's enough for now,
he never wanted to leave you broken
He would've held you,
things your father never told you
That's enough for now,
I would've never left you broken
I would've held you,
things your father never could do
Words your father never told you

Sixty years of sorrow,
he got 5 or 6 of bliss
Left my mother's mother
without so much as a kiss

the fray