So, I come out of my house Friday evening to get in the van to go pick everyone up so we can head down to PA. We have a place to stay thats 10 minutes from the venue that the battle of the bands is at and it will just make things easier. So of course the battery in the van is dead.  So i gotta jump the van. Then as im driving to get CJ the power steering fluid, (which leaks) runs out. So now we gotta change that. So we pick everyone up, and drive almost two hours in to PA. We were staying in East Stroudsburg PA. 2 minutes from the house were staying at we get a fucking flat. No jack, no spare, no lug nut wrench. Nothing. So we drive 2 miles on rim and shred the tire beyond repair. Now we get the van to the security station at the gated community and they allow us to keep it in the parking lot over night. So Bryan basically sleeps the whole night and watches "Raiders Of The Lost Ark". Me CJ, and Kevin, get really drunk, hit the hot tub, and the Jameson.




5 hours later were up at 10 30am hungover as shit, and we have to fix this tire situation. So we found a tire at a junkyard for 15$. But we don't have a proper jack or the right lug nut wrench. So we go to the van with a car jack, pieces of wood and a car lug nut wrench. It isn't working out. And then out of almost no where this family pulls up, who can barely speak English. Our problem seems to be universal though, and they have a HYDRAULIC JACK!!! And the wright lug nut wrench. Talk about Karma. We jack the van up and the family waits while CJ goes to the junkyard and gets the new tire mounted to the rim. So everything gets resolved. And we manage to get a new tire for 35$ total. We make it to the battle of the bands. Play and make some new fans. Signed some cds, hung out for a couple hours and we leave. We had a show in Nyack,NY than night and had to get on the the road. So while were driving home we get a call from CJs dad, who is at the battle of the bands. He tell us..........WE WON!!! We were all really happhy about that. We beat out like 15 bands and came in first place. We won 100$ cash, and like 1000$ in prizes. So the hell that was getting to the battle of the bands, worked out. Karma is funny like that.


_MIke

Lovers and Liars

She takes this train and calls it romance
He takes a train and calls it pain
They seperate until they're strangers
They'll meet again
When their trains collide

Collide

This is the last call
Last chance for home
And your eyes are piercing
Right through my soul
There are ghosts we hide
Ghosts we hide inside
They are the same ghosts
That never die

Will you choke back tears?
Like I did
Will you remember me?
As your friend

Take my hand
I'll hold you closer
You kept me from sleeping
Kept me from sober
When I look in your eyes
And tell you what's inside
Whatever
Whenever
Whatever
Is what she replied

Will you choke back tears?
Like I did
Will you remember me?
As your friend

The Heist

We have
Been fighting
This for so long
And now we
We've lost one
One of our own
The steps that
We take
And the look
On they're face
Is tearing me apart

Is this what you wanted?
Is this what you needed?
Some are dying
And others bleeding
Those who made it
Paid a price
For the chance at
A new life

And the sadness
Caused by this day
Things never happen
The right way
 I still miss you
And I still think
That it was my fault
For everything
I can still see your face
Still hear your voice
Still think that I
Made the wrong choice

Your blood
And my tears
Are now together
Are now together
Our ties
Between this life
They have been severed
They have been severed

"Get down where you are"
He screamed at me
It was then I knew that
We were in too deep

My thoughts
Are killing me
I'm lost
And I can't sleep
Because
Everytime
I close my eyes
I see you staring back
Reaching out
And I shout
"There's nothing I can do"
I've lost you
I've lost you
And I must move on

 

Haunted

I live with false realities
On the edge of my sanity
I curse the demons in my head
Illusions that my mind has fed

We dream in dark
We dream in light
These dreams cut short
By my own fight
I'll push aside these thougths
And see
My fear is my epitome

This overwhelming sense of fear
My mind
My thoughts
Have brought me hear
Blind to the fact that I am safe
Impending doom is all I taste

We dream in dark
We dream in light
These dreams cut short
By my own fight
I'll push aside my thougths
And see
My fear is my epitome

Awake
From this
Nightmare

All your problems
And all your answers
Can be found in
The same place

Somehow
I must make it home
And right now
I can't
Be alone
My mind has scarred me
My sould will cure me
And I pray
For the day that I feel safe

And I won't buy in
To the fact that
I'm alright

Everything will be alright
Everything will be just fine

There is too much beauty
To be scared all the time
To be scared all the time
The way the sky looks
Before a thunderstorm
The way the stars burn
For your first born
I've been haunted
For so long
I think it's time I finally
Moved on

We dream in dark
We dream in light
These dreams cut short
By my own fight
I'll push aside my thougths
And see
My fear is my epitome

Awake
From this
Nightmare