on the edges of the sharpest knives
in the middle of the darkest nights
always knew that i would find you here
in a puddle of the bravest tears
i've seen enough to know
it's lonely where you are
above the crowd, feet dangling
from a rooftop
she waits from ledges
for a voice to talk her down
and nothing matters but the
pain when you're alone
the never-ending nights
when you're awake
when you're praying
that tomorrow it's ok
there will be a time to
crack another smile
maybe not today or for awhile
but we're holding on to
laugh again someday
laugh again someday
all that matters is the time we had
doesn't matter how it all went bad
never wonder what it might be like
shut the door, say goodbye
when faced with tragedy
we come alive or come undone
don't look back
let it shape you like an ocean
even the deepest scars
in time will fade
and nothing matters but the
pain when you're alone
or the nights when your awake
praying that tomorrow it's ok
there will be a time
to crack another smile
maybe not today or for awhile
but we're holding on
to laugh again someday
but we're holding on
to laugh again someday
sometimes you have to go back
to know just where you have been
but we're old enough
to know that
what has been will be again
and again
and the bravest of faces
are the ones where we fake it
in the roles that we play
but nothing matters when
the pain is all but gone
when you are finally awake
despite the overwhelming odds;
tomorrow came
and when they see
you crack a smile
and you decide to stay awhile
you'll be ready then
to laugh again
nothing matters but the pain
we are tragedy
we are sympathy
you see what you want to see
we are misery
and distant memories
but we all learn to laugh again