Open the gates Too many hearts filled with hate Let acceptance in We're here to say we're all so sick of your bigotry Stop dwelling on what happens when we die Start helping others while we're still alive We'll carve out your heart, rewire your mind

To use me for good We ain't leaving this room So girl, leave your boots by the bed Till someone needs medical help Or the magnolias bloom It's cold in this house and I ain't going out to chop wood So cover me up and know you're enough Cover me up and

Hey, what you say, Jonny? He's convinced himself right in his brain That it helps to take away the pain When everybody else refrains My uncle Jonny did cocaine It's a yearning that you can't ignore I wanna go out tonight Come a little closer to the city

That's what you get for waking up in Vegas Remember what you told me Don't be a baby Shut up and put your money where your mouth is Get up and shake the glitter off your clothes, now Give me some cash out, baby You gotta help me out It's all a blur last

Make my way back home Looking for a sign of life Looking for something help me burn out bright I'm looking for a complication Looking 'cause I'm tired of trying I'm looking to the sky to save me When I learn to fly (high) When I learn to fly Fly along

I, I am confused, fighting myself Wanting to give in, needing your help Skin cold with fear, feel it when we touch Outside I know you, but inside I'm fucked Can you see it in me, skin cold from touch Each turn confronted with what I have done You pull me

Stone in love Those summer nights are callin' Can't help myself, I'm fallin' Burnin' love comes once in a lifetime Those crazy nights, I do remember in my youth I do recall, those were the best times, most of all In the heat with a blue-jean girl She

Subdivisions In the high school halls In the shopping malls Conform or be cast out In the basement bars In the backs of cars Be cool or be cast out Any escape might help to smooth The unattractive truth

What are we gonna do If we lose that fire If we start to doubt, if that fire goes out I don't wanna lose you To some bullshit hurt that could've been helped I'm trying to tell you something That good good heart is your greatest wealth So what are we

Only sixteen steps It's only sixteen steps from your door to your bed I should know better with your body next to mine Can't help myself, help myself (only sixteen steps) A mess with it, a mess without it I go down either way Endless shots and countless