The Elevator Division – Whatever Makes You Happy EP
* TEMPO OF THREE (FOUR STAR VERSION)
PICTURES OF PEOPLE WE ONCE KNEW / BUT NOW THEY’RE GONE AWAY / CHANCES TO
SAY I LOVE YOU WILL SOON BE GONE AWAY / ECHOS OF SELFISH THING SI SAID / I
WOULD GIVE MY LIFE TO CHANGE THEM / BUISNESS MAKES US ALL FORGET / WHY WE’RE
EVEN HERE AND WHO WITH / BUT WHEN WE TRY TO LAUGH IT OFF / WE FORGET WE DON’T
HAVE FOREVER / AND WHEN IT COMES TIME TO SAY GOODBYE / WE WANT TO CHERISH OUR
TIME TOGETHER / BUT THAT’S WHEN I CAN’T FEEL AT ALL
* BIG IDEAS
I WAS A MAN THAT HAD A VISION / A PLAN FOR MY LIFE THAT I WOULD SEE
THROUGH / BUT THAT NIGHT I HAD DARKER AMBITIONS / WHEN THROUGH THE CROWD MY
EYES FOUND YOU / I TEND TO GET AHEAD OF MYSELF / MY WORDS ALWAYS GET THE BEST
OF ME / I CONVINCED YOU TO GO TO THE BASEMENT / WHERE I GOT EXACTLY WHAT I
WANTED / WE CAN’T RUN AWAY FROM DECISIONS THAT CHANGE US / I TRY TO KEEP MY
MIND OFF THE THOUGHT IT COULD BE DIFFERENT / IT’S HARD TO ACCEPT IT’S OVER WHEN
ALL YOUR POSSIBILITIES ARE NO MORE / I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT COMING / BUT
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS YOU JUST DON’T PLAY FOR / WE CAN’T RUN AWAY FROM
DECISIONS THAT CHANGE US / I TRY TO KEEP MY MIND OFF THE THOUGHT IT COULD BE
DIFFERENT / NOW I’M A MAN THAT HAS BEEN FREED FROM PASSION / I’VE ACCEPTED ALL
THE CIRCUMSTANCES / I’VE LET GO OF ALL MY YOUTHFUL LONGINGS / ALTHOUGH THERE
WERE PLENTY OF WARNINGS / IT’S NOT LIKE A FOOLISH BOY COULD SEE THEM / I WAS A
LOT OF TALK AND BIG IDEAS
* WHATEVER MAKES YOU HAPPY
THERE’S A TIME AND A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND THIS IS NOT IT / WIPE
THOSE TEARS FROM YOUR FACE / YOU ARE EMBARASSING ME / YOUR MOTHER AND I CAN’T
GET ALONG / SHE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND / THESE ARE THE NEEDS THAT PLAGUE EVERY
NORMAL MAN / THERE’S TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD TO ONLY BE WITH ONE / AND
IT’S NOT LIKE YOUR MOTHER WAS A SAINT OF GOD / YOU’LL JUST HAVE TO LEARN TO
REALIZE LIFE ISN’T ALL HAPPY / I THINK I DESERVE SOME CREDIT / DON’T YOU AGREE
/ LOOK AT ALL I’VE DONE FOR YOU / IF IT WASN’T FOR ME / YOU AND YOUR MOTHER
WOULD NEVER HAVE MONEY / LET’S GO OUTSIDE AND TALK / PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO
STARE / I DON’T WANT TO SEE SOMEONE I KNOW IN HERE / YOU’RE REALLY TAKING THIS
TOO HARD / IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME / OF COURSE I LOVED YOUR MOTHER ONCE / BUT
PEOPLE GROW APART / WAIT UNTIL YOU’RE AN ADULT THEN YOU WILL SEE / PEOPLE ARE
MORE OPEN NOW / WE’RE MORE FREE TO DO WHATEVER MAKES US HAPPY / DON’T YOU WANT
YOUR FATHER TO BE HAPPY
* BLOOD BROTHERS
OUR HOMES WERE TOUCHED WITH TERROR THAT DAY / BY AN UNSEEN ENEMY / WHEN
IT’S YOUR TOWN THAT’S CRUMBLIGJN DOWN / YOU FEEL IT DIFFERENTLY / SO I SIGNED
UP WITH MY BROTHER THAT NIGHT / AND THEY SHIPPED US OUT THAT FALL / MY MOTHER
CRIED AS WE WAVED GOODBYE / SAID SHE WAS PRAYING FOR US ALL / BOYS NO OLDER
THAN OURSELVES / GREW UP FAST AND FIERCE AND STRONG / SEE A BOY DOES NOT BECOME
A MAN / UNTIL THERE’S A NEED FOR ONE / THEY TAUGHT US HOW TO KILL WITH PRIDE /
AND WHO TO HATE AND WHY / AND WE BELIEVED IN EVERY WORD THEY SAID / UNTIL WE
WATCHED EACH OTHER DIE / WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE / A MAN’S NO DIFFERENT THAN
YOURSELF / WHEN YOU’RE STARING IN HIS EYES / BUT IF IT TAKES A LIFE TO SAVE A
LIFE / I GUESS I’M JUSTIFED / TURNED A VILLAGE INTO DUST AND BONES / WHEN I
TURNED THE OTHER CHEEK / IF WE KEEP IT UP THE WAY WE HAVE / I’LL BE HOME BEFORE
NEXT WEEK / WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE / THERE’S NO WAY BACK / NO WAY BACK / WHEN
IT FINALLY ENDED THEY FLEW US BACK HOME / TO THE LIVES AND JOBS WE’D LOST / SAW
MY BROTHER DIE BEHIND ENEMY LINES / NOW I’M MEASURING THE COST / YOU TELL ME
FREEDOM IS A PRECIOUS THING / AND YOU KNOW I DID WHAT’S RIGHT / WELL SIR YOU
DON’T HEAR THE SCREAMS I HEAR / WHEN YOU TRY TO SLEEP AT NIGHT / WHERE DO WE GO
FROM HERE / THERE’S NO WAY BACK / NO WAY BACK / NO SIR YOU DON’T HEAR THE
SCREAMS I HEAR / WHEN YOU LIE AWAKE AT NIGHT
* SOUND DECISION
HIS HANDS ARE BUSY DRESSING UP / HIS EYES ARE ON THE FLOOR / MEMORIES OF
HER RUSHING BACK FROM PICTURES ON THE WALL / IN A SUDDEN RUSH OF PANIC HE TURNS
THE TV ON TO HELP FORGET / CAUSE IT’S ALRIGHT / IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT FOR THE
MOMENT / HE TRIES TO KEEP IT OUT OF MIND / BUT HE CAN’T IGNORE THE THINGS THAT
WERE SO IMPORTANT AREN’T IMPORTANT ANYMORE / ALL THOSE DREAMS THAT USED TO BE
HAVE GONE AWAY / HE LOSES HIMSELF TO PASS THE TIME A WAY TO ESCAPE / A DECISION
OF NO CONSEQUENCE IS BECOMING A CONCERN / IT’S SUCH A HABIT FORMING PROCESS /
BUT WHAT OF THESE YEAR OF OUR LIVES SPENT TOGETHER / I DON’T WANT TO EVER
REMEMBER A THING / A LONG COMMUTE WITH RANDOM MUSIC / THE VOLUME BARELY UP JUST
ENOUGH TO DROWN THE NOISE OF THE PASSING ROAD / HE’D LIKE TO JUST KEEP DRIVING
UNTIL HE’S OUT OF VIEW AND NOT COME BACK / CAUSE IT’S ALRIGHT / IT WILL BE
ALRIGHT FOR THE MOMENT / HE TRIES TO KEEP HIMSELF ALIVE / BUT HE CAN’T IGNORE
THE THINGS THAT ALWAYS FELT SO GOOD DON’T FEEL GOOD ANYMORE / HE JUST WANTS TO DISAPPEAR
AND NOT BE MISSED / HE LOSES HIMSELF TO PASS THE TIME / A WAY TO FORGET / A
DECISION OF NO CONSEQUENCE IS BECOMING A CONCERN / IT’S SUCH A HABIT FORMING
PROCESS / BUT WHAT OF THESE YEARS OF OUR LIFE SPENT TOGETHER / I DON’T WANT TO
EVER REMEMBER A THING / IT’S SLIPPED MY MIND A THOUSAND TIMES / BUT IT’S
ALRIGHT TO FORGET / IT’S SLIPPED MY MIND A THOUSAND TIMES / CAUSE IT’S ALRIGHT
TO FORGET IT NOW