88 Fingers Louie - Pent Up

Whenever I'm alone with you
I keep to myself
It's not because I'm bored with you
It must be my health
I feel like I'm a little kid
Afraid to go to school
I lock myself inside my room
And act like a fool
I don't know why
And I dont' miss it
I wanna cry
And no one's listening
I don't know why
The phone keeps ringing
But I'm not home
Or maybe I am
The world outside is not the same
I don't give a damn
I like around in bed all day
The ceiling's all I see
You try to take me out the door
But I won't leave
(Chorus)
On my own
I'm afraid
All my feelings
Seem the same
Feel the same

88 Fingers Louie - Smart Enough to Run

Out making fun of me, I don't like it
I'm not some wind-me-up you can play
You've go thte best of me, I can't fight it
There's nothign left that I can say
This runaround you're giving me
It makes me long for better days
Don't ever take me for a fool
I'm smart enough to run away
You're standing over me, I don't mind it
You have this way of stopping time
Whenever things turn sour,
I'll be on my way
I only wanna take what's mine
I say this runaround you're giving me
There's got to be a better way
(Chorus)
You've go thte best of me
I'm not so blind that I can't see
Don't ever take me for a fool
Last thing I wants to be your tool
(Chorus)
This runaround you're giving me,
It's not the same
You don't mean nothing,
But I can't forget your name
Don't ever take me for a fool
I won't forget your golden rule
I'm smart enough to run away

88 Fingers Louie - Outright Lies

I try my best to reach perfection
And all I get is more rejection
I wanna know what you're about
It's nice to know
Someone's out there asking
But what's it worth
When it's all you're telling?
I think it's you I've finally figured out
Those outright lies you've said
Are knocking me down
What's left to do
When your life's turned upside down?
I've gotten crap from all who know me
If you speak truth
Then you need to show me
You can't expect me
To just nod my head and smile
Cuz ignorance is not my style
As my false pride gets in the way
I start believing all you say
I cross my fingers all the while
I'm running in a different race
I'm out of time and out of place
I play the sucker all the time
I simply can't make up my mind
Whoever I choose to believe
Who says they won't stand up and leave
And who'll be waiting next in line
Won't you give me another sign?
(Chorus) Turn it upside down (4x)

88 Fingers Louie - Holding Back

I can't believe the things I've said
Like all the times
I'd hope that you were dead
What's going on inside my head?
To think of you is only making me red
You shut me out and I can't believe it
Was I so blind that I couldn't see it
You offered love and I didn't need it
I'm tired of holding back
It's getting old, your bigotry
I'm getting fed up with the things
You're telling me
Your world's so dark that you can't see
That all your anger is your only energy
(Chorus)

88 Fingers Louie - I Hate Myself

Walking down a crowded street
I stop to get something to eat
And I hope I see no one I know
Out of the blue I see my ex
I think she's looking for some sex
But I tell her I don't want to go
Some people ask me why I feel this way
I look at them and tell them just go away
I hate myself and everyone else
I just wanna be alone
No one to call me on the phone
Then I know I can be by myself
Just my luck I get a call
I can't get any sleep at all
So I tell 'em all to go to hell
Some people ask me why I feel this way
I look at them and tell them just go away
I hate myself and everyone else
Some people ask me why I feel this way
I look at them and tell them just go away
I hate myself and everyone else
I hate myself - I hate myself
I hate myself - I hate myself

88 Fingers Louie - My Little World

I can't imagine any human being slapping me
I got so high that I didn't let you get to me
Ignored my problems
With the help of my little boy
I'm losing all that's close
And I don't even wonder why
And I care if I'm alone
I'm not myself unless I'm stoned
I'm in my little world;
No one can shut me out
Don't try to talk to me, I'm high
And there's no doubt
My mind has been through hell and back
And I don't care
I'm in my little world,
It's too bad you're not there
I start to freak on how
The way things used to be
You say you're happy
But there's something you're not telling me
I'm always fucked up
And that really seems to bother you
I don't ever wanna change
There's nothing you can say or do
And I don't care if I'm alone
I'm not myself unless I'm stoned
(Chorus)
Do it again!

88 Fingers Louie - Had My Chance

I have my chance
What in the hell am I waiting for
I offer my apology
For the millinoth time
I try in vain
To try to get you to just open up
You never have an answer
And I never question why
I stare outside your window
Waiting for it to begin
As you turn I'll keep my head low
Why can't you let me in?
I'm in your head
Too bad, I know that's not what I said
You twist my words
'Til they seem good enough for you
You say I hurt your feelings
And one thing is a fact
You think I'm disgusting,
But I know you want me back
(Chorus) I'm out of your life
But my picture remains
I never found the right things to say
Tell me who on earth
Are you fooling today
I've had all I can take
I'm leaving anyway
Somebody stop me
I had my chance
Why in the hell did I wat so long
I offered my apology
It's shoved back in my face
I tried in vain to tell you
Why did I wait so fucking long
I spent all this time wondering
What I had done wrong
(Chorus)

88 Fingers Louie - Family Resemblance

I can't stand to watch myself
Or anybody else sometimes
Confidence is lacking, I turn to run away
Can't take the pressure of it all
I'm not frightened about who
I'm gonna meet
I'm just afraid that I might fall
I keep repreating the same words you say
I ignore my problems cuz they get in the way
Nothing matters when all's said and donw
Family resemblance is something
We have in common
You used to tell me never
Keep your feelings down
You can't let anger in the way
I've spent a lifetime
Looking for a little break
Things don't change,
They just stay the same
(Chorus)
Sometimes
Sometimes
I just can't help myself
(Chorus)

88 Fingers Louie - Explanation

He stumbles in at night and the clock says 3 a.m.
The love of his life just wonders
Where on earth he's been
He can't explain himself,
A poor excuse is all he's got
A mess of contradictions have
His stomach tied in knots
She gets tired of waiting up all night
If he truly cared for her
He'd stay at gome tonight
He says he's out with friends,
Then again he could be anywhere
She starts to have a nervous breakdown when
he isn't there
She tried to call him on the phone
And no one's there
No explanation can be given
Wide awake at night again.
What is it gonna take
He tries to speak,
It makes her think his story is a fake
She can't take these fables anymore
What she wants to know is
What the phone numbers are for
The love of his life just wonders
Where on earth he's been
He can't explain himself,
A poor excuse is all he's got

88 Fingers Louie - Well Done

Trust what a fucked up word
It's more often misunderstood
The last time we talked was all my fault but I'm not the one to blame
You had a million chances to prove me wrong when I was right
I'm not what you had in mind
Do you remember when things seemed more at ease
Didn't put forth the effort to please ourselves
Now I won't look back and things will never be the same.
You had a million chances to prove me wrong when I was right
I'm not what you had in mind
What's on your mind I need to take a look inside
I gave you a million chances
Don't fool me with those second glances
I need to take a look inside
Beaten beyond a reasonable doubt, do you know what I'm talking about
I've seen it all a million times it's time to take back what was mine
You had a million chances to prove me wrong when I was right
I'm not what you had in mind
I've spent many hours screaming, while my feelings were concealed
Now I wanna take a moment and tell you how I really fell
Don't blame my unforgiveness you can't have what is gone
Quit searching for an answer, what we had is done
Could I ever take it back, and start again.
Today's the day I walk away, and realize this is the end
Trust, some fucked up word you often misunderstood
Last time we talked I took a walk and learned to forget your name

88 Fingers Louie - Worst Man Won

Breaking, this breaking up is hard to take
No more apologies to say
The bottom dropped, you tried to change me
It didn't work, it's time to carry on
Anger, my temper made you so afraid
Final decisions have been made
You've gone ahead found a new shoulder to cry upon
I was the last to know
And the worst man won
I've already apologized one hundred times (and the worst man won)
Can you see the pain in my eyes
Take a long hard look (the worst man won)
Should have noticed from the start
How do you mend a broken heart
And now I know the worst man won

88 Fingers Louie - Selfish Means

Use some sommon sense for once because you take more than you give
Turn a deaf ear on the ones whose problems don't concern you
Selfish means are not an end, my friend
Selfish means are not an end, time for giving up
Never take the time to listen
It's never in your best interest
Don't have enought humiliation to care about the rest
Selfish means are not an end, my friend
Selfish means are not an end, time for giving up
Built a wall that won't come down, desperation's common
No time for answers, just stupid questions
Selfish means are not an end, selfish means are not an end
Time for giving up, this time, this time
Let go of the past and face it

88 Fingers Louie - State

I must say thanks for giving me reasons to talways doubt myself
Is that the way that it should be
Never mind I'm back on my feet
Running away from the problems I can't face
They're not as simple as they seem
Back down (back down)
Cave in (cave in)
Look at the state I'm in, too late to set it right
4 years on it all adds up
Gave you my life and you didn't give a fuck
So chalk one up for lesson learned
Back again and bended knee you no longer have a hold on me
It's safe to say I've got no more regrets
Back Down (back down)
Cave in (cave in)
Look at the state I'm in
Too late to set it right
Set it right
Don't call this a solution you can only blame yourself
I saw though your faults, you didn't see through mine
If you words justify your actions you should've quit while you're ahead
Back down, cave in, look at the state I'm in (state I'm in)

88 Fingers Louie - Summer Photos

I've been down this lonely road before
I'm here to say it don't get better
That summer photo leaves me hurting more and my opinion doesn't matter
Don't want to think about the fun we had I won't pretend to care
Don't want to hear about what was said, your heart was never there
You said rejection used to turn you on that was your one burning confession
Never the one to care and now you're feeling lonely
I really hope you've learned your lesson
Don't want to think about the fun we had I won't pretend to care
Don't want to think about what was said you're heart was never there
Every time we played the game I thought that I would go insane
My feelings never counted
You played me like a violin, with that silly little grin
My feelings still amounted to nothing, didn't give a damn
Next time you think about what we had just remember all the moments
We shared together while you shared them with those summer photos
you had stolen
Don't want to think about what we had I won't pretend to care
Don't want to think about what was said your heart was never there
Don't want to think about what we had your heart was never there
Don't want to think about what was said I won't pretend to care

88 Fingers Louie - Tomorrow Starts Today

You filled my head with empty promises you never kept
I heard you swear you thought the happy times would never end
Moments we spent together little did you know
I heard about your antics time and time and time again
What your so called friends told me, couldn't get inside my mind
Take your place in history and step aside, tomorrow starts today
The letters sent convey the words you never meant
Tossed in garbage with barely a second thought
Your phone calls go unanswered nothing's left to say
I won't dwell in the past cause what we had has long since gone
Did you really think I was that blind, that I would never see
What your so called friends told my couldn't get inside my mind
Take your place in history and step aside, tomorrow starts today, hey
I never talk to you what good would talking do
I said about all I could say just living for today
I never talk to you, I never talk to you
What good would talking do, but start it over, over
Did you really think I was that blink

88 Fingers Louie - Two-Faced Bastard

I don't need anybody much less a psudo friend like you
You don't get throught nobody you see the same shit that I do
You're The most two-faced bastard I've ever seen
And I hope and pray that you one day will know just what I mean
The most I ever saw you was when you wanted something more
I did my best to help you you did your best to slam the door
You're the most two-faced bastard I've ever seen
And I hope and pray that you one day will know just what I mean
You have annoyed me to no end I had the nerve to call you friend
Why won't you get of out of my life my back reveals the knife
That you put in me long ago I need a word before you go
Why don't you get out of my life, get out of my life
You're the most two-faced bastard I've ever seen
And I hope and pray that you one day will know just what I mean
I mean

88 Fingers Louie - Blink

I'm sick of feeling like the faceless one
But that's all changed because
I've found someone
If I had blinked
I probably never would have met her
And now I wouldn't change a thing
She seems to sparkle with her every move
My mind goes crazy when she's in the room
I try not tho think of how things were
When you weren't here
My friends all say I've lost my head
And it's not fair
Nothing matters whne I call
And you're not there
I've fallen totally in love and I don't care
I used to think that I could hold my own
I'd rather die than have to live alone