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Couldnt sleep so I figured I would jump on here and FINALLY write all the lyircs down cause lots and lots of people have been asking for them and it is way easier for my sorry butt to just post them on here in one big lump! lol

- Dave

Broken Center: Deception (c) 2006

Deception

Feeling everything inside me breaking
Lies I should have hidden now replacing
Thoughts of who I use to be have ended
Making no more sense until we've faded
Completely

 Trust is over rated
Love is over rated
Pain is over rated
Faith is over rated

 Taking all emotions here for granted
Nothings as it seems or how you planned it
Knife is in my back and you're behind me
Caught you in the act, still you deny me
Completely

Go ahead and speak the truth
If it will make you feel better
Somewhere near the end
But it will still be the end

 
Beautiful Misery

Words have been put in my mouth
And its too late now to pull them out
My hands are getting shaky now
I feel it all turn around

She holds her head higher now
I wonder what that's all about
She seems to have me figured out
Turns and begins walking out

So all alone I will wait
Taking torture tempting fate
Understand we become what we hate
Learning how love can go to waiste

Beautiful Misery
Is just the thing that I need
It always seems to comfort me
Beautiful Misery

Sourounded by family
The ones who claim that they know me
And though their hold is comforting
I feel them turn on me

I feel the walls coming down
As I feel myself hit the ground
And all the lights are going out
And everyone is leaving now

So I will wait all alone
Hoping I can be that strong
Understand attentions all they want
And learning that love can go wrong

So let me go…

 
Fake

This is becoming to much to take
But I will keep bending until I break
And now the more I sleep the more I am awake
But I just cant take this feeling of feeling so fake

I don't want this
I don't need this
I cant take this anymore

I can finally admit that you were a mistake
You were nothing more to me than just a head ache
And now the more I sleep the more I am awake
But I just cant take this feeling of feeling so fake

 

Without You

This is all I have left to say to you
Look at the mess you've made
We may have made it out alive
But look at the price we've paid
And all of this dreaming
Has seemingly ripped us apart
From the start of our beginning
To not end it now would be a tragedy

You're acting apprehensive
You've got me on the defensive

But I don't wanna breathe without you
And I don't wanna live without you

There is nothing left to say to you
Maybe its best you leave me alone
Look at all the times I died for you
And still I have nothing to show
Though all is forgiven
We keep on reliving
The times that we'd hidden
Things that we'd shouldn't
And it's only now that we finally see

Because seeing can be so decieving
When we keep ourselves believing
All the lies we told before
That its ok to say one more
And niether of us are willing to restrain
Our feelings and niether of us will change
You're acting apprehensive
You've got me on the defensive

 
Who We Used To Be

 
Arent we all responsible for one anothers innocents
Arent we all victims of one anothers consequence

With such pain sweetening the punishment
I cant think of a better time to quit

So lift the ones up next to you
Show how the world has treated you
So they can get a better view
Of what they've been born into

Arent we all responsible for hatred that we feed
Arent we all victims of who we used to be

Another innocent victim of a consequence
Never let it go and never be responsible
Another innocent victim or a consequence
Never let it go… never let it go
Another victim is what they say when…

 
Empty

All that I am and I was and tried to be
Have been lies and is shit after what you've done to me
And I tell myself I shouldnt care
Because its getting me nowhere
Now that everything means nothing to you now

But why do you play these games
And I blame you for everything
So dont wrap your arms around my waste
Dont say you love me to my face, its not true
This is what you mean to me now

All that we were and we are and tried to be
All my hopes and all my freams have died inside of me
And I tell myself I'll be ok
The pain belongs to yesterday
Now that everything means nothing to you now

Why cant I give back the pain you've placed in me
A pain you placed inside of me so perfectly
And I tell myself I shouldnt care
Cause no one said that life was fair
Now that everything means nothing to you now

 

TIME

So many reasons here to break
So many choices to choose from
Which one should I take
Well help me pick one
You've given so many
But I don't have anyone to fall back on
I don't have anyone
I don't have anyone

So many reasons here to hate
So many choices to choose from
Which one should I take
Well help me pick one
You've given so many
But I don't have anyone to fall back on
I don't have anyone
I don't have anyone

Broken dreams are tearing me in two
Here is my heart do with it what you want to
Broken dreams are tearing me in two

So many reasons here to let you down
So many choices to choose from
Which one should I take
Well help me pick one
I've given so many
But I don't have anyone to fall back on
I don't have anyone
I don't have anyone

How can I run to you
When my legs are broken
How can I look for you
When my eyes wont open


Anti Me

She never let it go and she never let it fade
And out of all the things I'd wanted
She's the only thing that stayed
And all the times that I was wrong
She never made me feel lame
And all the times I got upset
I was the only one to blame

So hate me and make me stay
Anti Me Anti Me
Hate and maybe stay
Anti Me Anti Me

I should be glad you left
Cause I was no good
But you were the only one for me
And that was the only thing you never understood
I'll be your cross and I'll break your fall
But I guess the only way to love someone
Is to never really know them at all

And Im not gonna kill myself over this
But sometimes you've made me want to
I'll fall down, but I'll get back up...

 
Everything in its place.. but you

I thought you'd understand
But youre only so predictable
And always over baring
In your own way
Youre tearing me apart

You didn't have to let it be this way
And now Im trying to break free of you
You're not listening to me
Cause you're so angry

I tried to understand
But you're only so predictable
And always indeering
In your own way
You're tearing me apart

All this pressure feeding me
Do I have a right to feel this way
All this anger bleeding me
Do I have a right to feel this way

Take Away

Freedom is now an illusion
I thought I had a hold of
But has been stripped from me

Whatever gave me the right
To think that I deserved this
To think that I could speak
To think they'd understand me
To think that I could believe

Take away everything I believe in
Cause all I am has been taken for granted

Am I alone in this
Feels like I am
And there's no escaping this
And now the pain surrounds the memories

Nothing and no one
Could me me not believe
And all of my regrets
Are turning back on me
And everything you do
And all you say
Can you look away
Can you look away

Just wanted to let everyone know that even though we dont plan on going into the studio to record our next album until late 2007 or early 2008, we are currently in the process of writing it.

We love to make sure that all of you who support us are updated and we just wanted to keep everyone in the loop!  So far we are aiming for about 12 songs and we have about 4 or 5 of those ready for the next album.  We promise to keep you posted about when and where we are going to go and when the new songs are done!

Thanks for all the love... you keep us alive!

- Broken Center

______________Everything in its place (but you)________________

Spencer Sparks came in and said that he had a dream of the band on a stage playing this song, and as he played it we all freaked out cause we knew it was one of the most bad ass riff's we had heard in a while!  We jammed out to it and Ryan, Rob and myself finished structuring it out and we couldn't have been more please with the outcome.

For the lyrics there had been something that was bothering me and I didnt know how to deal with it.  So like always I decided to write it out in a song.  There was a girl I knew, and this girl was awesome!  She wanted us to get together and I just wanted to stay friends. After talking about that a few weeks later she called me over to her house and said she got a part in a play and wanted me to stop by cause she was excited.  I shouldnt have, but I did and when I did she sat me down on her bed and began to tell me how she still wanted us to hook up. 

I got upset, cause even though she would have been a great girlfriend it wasnt what I wanted and she wasnt seeming to let it go.  I knew if I wrote a song about it I'd be able to get over it and I did and we are still really great friends today!

"You tried to pretend
But youre only so predictable and always indeering
In your own way youre tearing me apart

But you didnt have to let it be this way
Now Im trying to break free of you
But youre not listening to me
Cause youre so angry"

_________________________Anti-Me________________________

The year was 1997 and I "fell in love" with this girl in my summer school class.  She was pretty and very artistic and she boggled my mind in how complicated she was.  The only problem was she had a boyfriend and she was also a few years older than me.  The last day of summer school she and I talked about hooking up the following week and I was very excited about it, but she never called.  I have always been an extreme person and in my state of mind back then I was very depressed. 

I had my arm under the water and a sharp knife in my hand and I was ready to end it.  But then the phone rang and something compelled me to pick it up. It was the girl from summer school and the knife dropped from my hand as she told me why she didn't call me before.  She was at party a few days before we were suppose to meet and as her boyfriend  swung her around, needles of herion and opium fell out of her purse.  She was still addicted and her boyfriend said that he was going to pay for her to get help.  I knew that I couldnt give her that... but I still wanted to be with her, but I told her to be with him cause I knew that he was better for her than I was.

As we hung up, instead of ending it all I picked the guitar up instead of the knife and wrote the prettiest and saddest song (and changed it later to a heavier sound) about a guy who knew he had made the biggest mistake in his life by letting the girl go and that it was ok for her to hate him, but just to come back to him.

"I should be glad you left cause I was no good
but you were the only one for me
and that was the only thing you never understood
I'll be your cross and I'll break your fall
But I guess the only way to love someone is to never really know them at all

Hate me and make me stay
Anti-Me, Anti-Me
Hate me and maybe stay
Anti-Me, Anti-Me

And Im not gonna kill myself over this
But sometimes you make me want to
I'll fall down but I'll get back up"

______________TIME_____________

I dont remember how exactly but I had an idea for a song and wrote it out.  When I was finished I brought it to the band and they said they didn't like it.  It's funny to look back on it now, but after six months of saying, "Hey guys what about this song," I finally realized that I needed to sing the lyrics to add the full affect to get everyone to dig the song as much as I was.  As soon as that happened Ryan and Rob jumped in and wrote the most kick ass bass and drum parts, and Chris' solo made me cream my pants.  I think we all knew after the first time we played it that it was gonna be a hit. 

When time came pick a name for the song, calling it "broken dreams" when our name is Broken Center seemed... kinda silly.  Ryan's friend suggested calling the song TIME.  It was an acronym that stood Tears In My Eyes.  We all thought the idea was pretty cool so we decided to stick with it.

The lyrics for this song are very personal (like all of the songs... lol) to me.  Most people when they hear this song the first thought is it's about a girl or a relationship.  And thats fine with me cause music brings out emotions and thats what makes it so universal!  But to me the song wasn't about a girl but rather the band.  This band has been my life for five years and I have felt so many things while I have been here.  I have felt the band was holding me back, that I was holding the band back, and every time I gave another piece of my heart away something bad always happened. 

But there have been so many great times and this band is where I feel I truly belong! And there have been times when I felt I've let the band down and I've felt so alone... but the truth is that nothing is ever gonna stop me or any of us from accomplishing our dream, even after I have nothing left to give.

"So many reasons to let you down
So many choices to choose from which one should I choose now
Well help me pick one, I've given so many
But I dont have anyone to fall back on
I dont have any one
No, I dont have any one

Broken dreams are tearing me in two
Here is my heart do with it what you want to
Broken dreams are tearing me in two"

______________Take Away____________

I remember vividly that I listened to a lot of heavier music that current week.  I had a melody in my head and when we had practice that week I showed everyone what I had so far and they took it and structured it out and gave it the full sound it has now.  The guys really took the lead on the music part of this song and made it realy kick ass.

I already had the perfect idea for the song.  It didn't matter whether it was from the band, my family, my friends or whoever... I always felt like I was being taken for granted and I know Im not the only person who gets that way.  Despite what most people think, I try to be as sincere as I can be but many people misunderstand where Im coming from on a lot of issues. I know that it's more than likely my fault more than half the time, but it doesn't change the fact that all the times I tried to be the better person, it just made people think of me more and more like the asshole.  Always getting those looks like your opinion doesn't really matter, or  you talk too much, or my favorite I'm going to be nice to your face but as soon as you leave...  

I just wanted to write a song that could be sarcastic in a way, a song that could tell all those people what I had been wanting to say to them.  And that is "maybe the only reason you think Im an asshole is because you deserve to be treated that way, fuckers!"      haha

"Whatever gave me the right
To think that I deserve this
Whatever gave me the right
To think that I could speak
Whatever gave me the right
To think they'd understand me
Whatever gave me the right
To think that I could believe

Take away everything I believe in
Cause all I am has been taken for granted"

___________Empty___________

It was the year 2002 and Spencer had just joined the band.  I had just found out that a girl I was dating cheated on me with her ex boyfriend and I was pretty torn up about it. After she started to go into details about the betrayal, I left and went over to Rob's house and Spencer and Preston (original drummer) were and I told them what had happened.  Spencer played the opening to the song and said that was all he had so far but he really thought it was gonna be a good song.

I took the guitar outside and started singing using his opening as a jump off point.  When I was done I came in and played it for the band. After a change here and there everyone agreed it was going be one of our greatest songs, and it still is.

"All that we were and we are and tried to be
All my hopes and all my dreams have died inside of me
And I tell myself I'll be ok
The pain belongs to yesterday
Now that everything means nothing to you now"

___________Who We Use To Be___________

Ryan had been saying that he wanted us to have a song with time changes in it, so one night when I was at home I got a tune in my head and brought it to the band.  Everyone liked it, but Ryan, Chris, Rob and Spencer all agreed that the bridge I wrote sucked and needed to be changed... so they changed and well... what they wrote sounded a lot better!

When it came time to write the lyrics I knew I didnt want to write another "relationship" song, I had written so many and I wanted to really talk about something real to me.  I started to think about people now and days and how no one ever wants to take responsability and how everyone wants to be "the victim" and it just pisses me off. 

If you've been through something bad you shouldnt get special treatment, you should stand up and show everyone else you made it through,  lead by example, dont let that one instance ruin your life... but for some people they just look for the easy way out, and being the victim is everyones favorite... so I felt I had to share my feelings with this song.

"So lift the ones up next to you
Show them how the world has treated you
So they can get a better view
Of what they've been born into"