BRAND NEW
Your Favorite Weapon (2001)
"The Shower Scene"
It's funny how your worst enemies always seem to turn out to be all of your best
friend's best friends.
But I folded and I told.
These aren't things I've saved to sing you,
but I folded and I told.
So draw or throw and I will explode.
It's time for you to choose, the bullet or the chap stick.
Or "you are far too cute to be appreciated by a..." or whatever he said.
Every time I hear it (him) I am wishing I was great.
I wished her (past tense) my best friend.
But then I folded and I told.
These aren't things I say to save me.
But I folded, I told.
I hope she's caught in the explosion.
It's time for you to choose, the bullet or the chap stick.
Or "you are far too cute to be appreciated by a..." or whatever he said.
This is me in his room.
Red. Gold. I told.
We don't play fair.
Red. Gold. I told.
We never stand too close.
So I update this almost every single day for you.
I begin to hate you for your face and not just the things you do.
So go tell him why my wrist is sore,
from pulling out your insides all night.
Nothing that you do is new to anything or anyone but you.
"Jude Law And A Semester Abroad"
Whatever poison is in this bottle will leave me broken sore and stiff.
But it's the genie at the bottom who I'm sucking at.
He owes me one last wish.
So here's a present to let you know I still exist.
I hope the next boy that you kiss has something terribly contagious on his lips.
I got a plan.
Drink (drift) for forty days and forty nights.
A sip for every second-hand tick.
And for every time you fed me the line, "you mean so much to me...".
I'm without you.
So tell all the English boys you meet about the American boy back in the states.
The American boy you used to date.
Who would do anything you say.
And even if her plane crashes tonight she'll find some way to disappoint me,
by not burning in the wreckage, or drowning at the bottom of the sea.
"Jess, I still taste you, thus reserve my right to hate you."
And all this empty space that you create does nothing for my flawless sense of
style.
It's 8:45. The weather is getting better by the hour.
I hope it rains there all the time.
And if you ever said you miss me then don't say you never lied.
I'm without you. So tell all the English boys you meet...
Okay, no more songs about you.
After this one I'm done.
You're gone.
You're never gonna get it right.
"Sudden Death In Carolina"
Last night I swallowed liquor and a lighter and this morning I threw up fire.
But it's nothing new.
I've been piecing it together
and it's got something to do with every look thrown like a knife across a
crowded room.
Every slow and quiet car ride I spent drinking in the backseat.
Every stupid melody to every stupid song.
And every stupid word that ever body's hanging on.
What difference does this difference in age make?
I know how it ends... she'll kill me quick. So call 911.
I'm already dead but someone should be caught
and held responsible for this bloody mess.
Last night I fell asleep next to a liar and I woke up with a shiner.
And it's all that I remember from a night spent lying on my back
with a view of a stone white ceiling and the back of your head.
This dark and quiet bed felt like the middle of nowhere.
We beat each other up just like we always do.
When I'm talking to myself I'd always rather be talking to you.
What difference does this difference in age make?
I know how it ends... she'll kill me quick. Call 911.
I'm already dead but someone should be caught
and held responsible for this bloody mess.
Call homicide. Take the case to court.
Her lips taste like a loaded gun and I'm her number one chalk outline on the
floor.
They hung her from the bridge on Monday.
The gathering turned into a mob out on the lawn.
The dropped her body in the river.
And school and work returned to normal before long...
"Mix Tape"
I got a twenty-dollar bill that says no one's ever seen you without makeup.
You're always made up.
And I'm sick of your tattoos,
and the way you always criticize the Smiths... and Morrissey.
And I know that you're a sucker for anything acoustic.
But when I say let's keep in touch,
I really mean I wish that you'd grow up.
This is the first song for your mix tape.
It's short just like your temper,
but somewhat golden like the afternoons we used to spend before you got to
cool...
I got a twenty-dollar bill that says no one's ever seen you without makeup.
You're always made up.
And I'm sick of your tattoos, and the way you don't appreciate Brand New or me
And I know that you're a sucker for anything acoustic.
But when I say let's keep in touch,
I hope you know I mean I wish that you'd grow up.
This is the first song for your mix tape.
It's short just like your temper,
but somewhat golden like the afternoons we used to spend before you got to
cool...
blah, blah, blah...
yeah, but I wish you were my shadow.
"Failure By Design"
Watch you on the one's and two's.
Through a window in a well lit room.
Become a recluse.
And I blame myself because I make things hard
and you're just trying to help.
And when I wake up you're the first to call.
This is one more late night basement song.
I'm so sore.
My voice has gone to hell.
And this is one more sleepless night because we don't believe in filler.
Baby, if I could I'd sit this out.
This is over when I say it's over.
This is a lesson in procrastination.
I kill myself because I'm so frustrated.
Every single second that I put it off means another lonely night I got to race
the clock.
I ignore it and it ignores me too.
What say we go crash you car?
And every time I leave you go and lock the door.
So I walk myself picking at a chip on my shoulder.
I'm another day late and one year old.
It's failure by design.
And we just want sleep.
But this night is hell.
I'm sick and sunk and I blame myself because I make things hard
and you're just trying to help.
I got no gas.
I'm winding out my gears.
This is one more day on the verge of tears.
And now my head hurts.
My health is a joke.
Now I got to stop because the headphones broke.
We don't believe in filler.
Baby, if I could I'd sit this out.
This is over when I say it's over...
I'm out of everything.
But no one sleeps till we get this * out on the shelves.
It's late. I'm faltering.
But this time I got nothing to say besides: Do Do Do. Do Do Do.
Baby, I'm better than this.
"Last Chance To Lose Your Keys"
I cashed in all my chips tonight and combed my hair till it was just right.
Cause I've been thinking about you and me girl,
and we got something going on.
You told me you can't wait to see me
and then you didn't bother to even show up.
This whole situation is incredibly typical,
I should have seen it all along.
It's girls like you that make me think I'm better off at home on a Saturday
night
with all my doors locked up tight.
I won't be thinking about you baby.
You call me on the phone, and you don't even want to talk.
You're staring at me from across the room then turn your back when I walk up.
We got inches away, and I never even got close.
So leave your lipstick at home.
Don't pick up the phone.
Don't bother to look in my direction.
I should have seen it all along.
It's girls like you that make me think I'm better off home on a Saturday night
with all my doors locked up tight.
I won't be thinking about you, baby.
Forget everything you think you know about me.
This isn't high school
This isn't high school
This isn't high school
This isn't high school
This isn't high school
"Logan To Government Center"
Consider this a letter that I never sent.
However inconsiderate it seems.
Do you still consider me the boy you laughed with,
or that you learned to live without?
I suck. I know I'm late. I know you waited.
You wouldn't get me on the phone.
You couldn't make me not alone.
The phone bills are all stacked up by my bedside,
with your picture, looking surprised.
You're what makes New England great.
My island nights are all spent dying.
Wait for summer to become wrought with lips (my wishful thinking).
I never thought this day would end.
I never thought tonight could ever be this close to me...
So let my hands stray past that boundaries of your back... and get you
breathing.
And we'll get this started.
You could have made me not alone.
"The No Seatbelt Song"
So, it's sad that doesn't suit you now.
And me fresh out of rope...
Please ignore this lisp, I never meant to sound like this.
So take me and break me and make me strong like you.
I'll be forever grateful to this and you.
It's only you, beautiful.
Or I don't want anyone.
If I can choose it's only you.
Fix me to a chain around your neck and wear me like a nickel.
Even new wine served in old skins will cheapen the taste.
I shot the pilot, now I'm begging you to fly this for me.
I'm here for you to use, broken and bruised.
Do you understand?
It's only you, beautiful.
Or don't want anyone.
If I can choose, it's only you.
But how could I miscalculate... perfect eyes will have perfect aim.
If I can choose, it's only you.
"We're wrecking" and I'm dry like a drum...
so fine I'll leave... we're spent...
take our time... measured... we slave for days.
It's only you, beautiful.
Or I don't want anyone.
If I can choose.
It's only you.
But how could I miscalculate...
perfect lies from a perfect dame.
If I can choose... it's only you.
"Seventy Times 7"
back in school they never taught us what we needed to know,
like how to deal with despair, or someone breaking your heart.
For twelve years I've held it all together but a night like this is begging to
pull me apart.
I played it quite left you deep in conversation.
I felt un cool and hung out around the kitchen.
I remember I kept thinking that I know you never would,
but now I know I want to kill you like only a best friend could.
Everyone's caught on to everything you do.
everyone's caught on to.
As if this happening wasn't enough I got to go
and write a song just to remind myself how bad it sucked.
Ignore the sun, the cover's over my head.
I wrote a message on my pillow that says, "Jesse, stay asleep in bed."
So don't apologize. I hope you choke and die.
Search your cell for something with which to hang yourself.
They say you need to pray if you want to go to heaven
but they don't tell you what to say when your whole life has gone to hell.
Everyone's caught on to everything you do.
Everyone's caught on to
Everyone's caught on to everything you do.
Everyone's caught on to
And I can't let you, let me down again.
So, is that what you call a getaway?
Tell me what you got away with.
Cause I've seen more spine on jellyfish.
and I've seen more guts in eleven-year-old kids.
Have another drink and drive yourself home.
I hope there's ice on all the roads.
And you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt,
and again when your head goes through the windshield.
And is that what you call tact?
You're as subtle as a brick in the small of my back.
So let's end this call, and end this conversation.
and is that what you call a getaway?
well tell me what you got away with.
cause you left the frays from the ties you severed
when you say best friends mean friends forever
So, is that what you call a getaway?
Tell me what you got away with.
Cause I've seen more spine on jellyfish.
and I've seen more guts in eleven-year-old kids.
Have another drink and drive yourself home.
I hope there's ice on all the roads.
And you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt,
and again when your head goes through the windshield.
everyone's caught on to everything you do
everyone's caught on to.
and everyone's caught on to everything you do
everyone's caught on to.
"Secondary"
And it comes down to you.
Never and ever.
Wrecked his day with looks and flirts
and midnight in your shortest skirts.
Past the point of trying, I'm a dying breed.
Thank her for reminding me of all the things I've done completely wrong.
Stop these looks and letters.
This isn't for the better.
You put me down
It's for the worse you're not my girl
Stop the circulation to my legs and break my bones.
Dateless and late.
I'm better by myself at home.
What's the point of trying?
I'm dying here.
Secondary.
She laughs at every word I know came out completely wrong.
This is my last semester.
Brothers always come first.
At least until next winter.
But I'm sure that I'll be over this by then.
Better scenes... I wish she'd seen me.
Better off if I just let it be.
Better pretend it don't matter.
I'd be better of if I could have her.
Better days since the day I met her.
I better hope she got my letters.
Better off in two year stretches.
"Magazines"
Laetitia, you destroy me,
so I can see why I feel so lonely when you
and me could be forever perfectly perfect together.
I know. Broken down in my dead bedroom, stuttering to pictures of you.
I'm know that you can always see me.
I saw you staring through my TV last night.
So I'll leave the door open all night,
in case you decide you want to stop on by.
Because you got to know who's been singing that song on the radio.
The one that goes...
My friends all call me crazy cause I stay up late anticipating,
and planning for the day I sweep you off your feet,
I'd never leave you alone.
Laetitia, you got my hand shaking,
I'm begging you oh baby please stop breaking my heart
because I got the feeling that you and I will never really get it on.
So I'll leave the door open all night in case you decide you want to stop on by.
Because you got to know who's been singing that song on the radio.
The one that goes... Girl, come to me.
The only broken-hearted loser you'll ever need,
or I'll be left alone forever with my magazines
"Soco Amaretto Lime"
Passed out on the overpass
Sunday best and broken glass
Broken down from the bikes and bars
Suspended like spirits over speeding cars
You and me were kings over the parkway tonight
And tonight will go on forever while we
walk around this town like we own the streets
and stay awake through summer like we own the heat
Singing "everybody wake up (wake up) it's time to get down"
(everybody, everybody wake up its time to get down)
And when I pass the bottle back to Pete
on the overpass tonight, I bet we laugh
I'm gonna stay eighteen forever (cut me open)
So we can stay like this forever (sun poisoned)
And we'll never miss a party (this offer stands forever)
cause we keep them going constantly
And we'll never have to listen (new haircut)
to anyone about anything (new bracelet)
cause it's all been done and it's all been said (eyeliner)
we're the coolest kids and we take what we can get (wait forever)
The hell out of this town
Find some conversation
The low fuel lights been on for days
It doesn't mean anything
I've got another 500 another 500 miles
before we shut this engine down,
we shut it down
I'm gonna stay eighteen forever (cut me open)
So we can stay like this forever (sun poisoned)
And we'll never miss a party (this offer stands forever)
cause we keep them going constantly
And we'll never have to listen (new haircut)
to anyone about anything (new bracelet)
cause it's all been done and it's all been said (eyeliner)
we're the coolest kids and we take what we can get (wait forever)
(you're just jealous cause I'm young and in love)
Eighteen forever
(your stomachs filled up but you're starved for conversation)
So we can stay like this forever
(you're spending all your nights growing old in your bed)
And we'll never miss a party
(and your tearing up your photos cause you wanna forget... it's over)
cause we keep them going constantly
(you're just jealous cause I'm young and in love)
And we'll never have to listen
(your stomachs filled up but you're starved for conversation)
to anyone about anything cause it's all been done
(you're spending all your nights growing old in your bed)
and it's all been said
(and your tearing up your photos cause you wanna forget... it's over)
we're the coolest kids and we take what we can get
Just jealous cause we're young and in love
You're just jealous cause we're young and in love
You're just jealous cause we're young and in love
You're just jealous cause we're young and in love
You're just jealous cause we're young and in love
You're just jealous cause we're young and in love