One more set, baby, you'll survive Just play guitar, don't look them in the eye They're all here to see you tonight Such expectations impress the writers All boy band, all boy attitude Break your bass will get them in the mood If you want I will sing for you "Anything girl, anything girl" When every mouth that sings complains and honesty can be replaced There are sadder things to say I guess it's true I look for it A tragedy that's gonna fit the chorus that I need more than anything Is it happiness is so impossible that you can't touch it even when it's close to you? Or is it emptiness is still so probable that you're too scared to even reach for it? Is it happiness is so impossible that you can't touch it even when it's close to you? Or is it emptiness is still so probable that you're too scared to even reach for it? You can't pretend? Is that what this is about? The feeling's gone, but the album just came out And even though there is no meaning now, I can't stop singing Can't stop singing Well, here's the book I stole it from all repeated and tired-tongued There is still nothing to say But I can say with confidence there are a hundred bands that sound like us But that's not important and it never was It's the feeling that creeps in when it is late And you pull the van to the side of the interstate And you lay on the roof, the stars hang above And you wonder what they'd look like if you were in love Well, tonight I am ecstatic with the sounds of the amplifiers Filling up the emptiness with distortion I can tell the kid has been crying, he puts his mouth on a pacifier A microphone, a memory, an emotion Are those people at the bar, they look more like statues Expressionless, they listen to the first band I'm looking for a payphone, a familiar voice I need someone who understands That this isn't how I wanted it to be