Tell Me I'm Alive Album Lyrics by All Time Low

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Tell Me I'm Alive

Just got jumped in an alley
Life's too short, picked a fight with a bouncer at a bar in the valley
Got a couple bruises and a bite mark
(On my lip from kissing vampires)
Let's find a park, let's kill a bottle, it's a start if there's a spark
Light up this icy heart (but baby don't you cry for me)

I'm messy, I'm reckless
I f*ck shit up for breakfast
My life is a train wreck
I'm burning through my paychecks on the weekends
These cheap friends pull me into the deep end
Now I'm drowning, I'm sinking, it's good to feel something
And I (I wanna fly)
Wanna burn, I wanna die for cheap thrills again and tell me I'm alive
(Alive)

Sold my soul to the devil for a pack of lights and a night spent in jail
I can keep as a memento
X's on my hand and a hospital bracelet
No one gets to say I never went for it
Let's find a park, let's kill a bottle, it's a start if there's a spark
Light up this icy heart but baby don't you cry for me

I'm messy, I'm reckless
I f*ck shit up for breakfast
My life is a train wreck
I'm burning through my paychecks on the weekends
These cheap friends pull me into the deep end
Now I'm drowning, I'm sinking, it's good to feel something
And I (I wanna fly)
Wanna burn, I wanna die for cheap thrills again and tell me
I (I wanna fly)
Wanna burn, I wanna die for cheap thrills again and tell me I'm alive

So pour me another and kiss me like there's no tomorrow
I wanna have your baby, let's move to Toronto
Let's fall off the face of the earth because we're all gonna die
But hey, babe, we tried, so
Tell me I'm alive (tell me I'm alive)
(Tell me that it's all alright)
Tell me I'm alive and bring me back to (life)

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Modern Love

Look at you now, super strung out
What would your mother say?
Some killer queen, making a scene
Don't got a price to pay
Hook in my mouth, stringing me out on every word you say
Those are the boys, these are the girls, don't matter anyway
So quick to jump ship on some flavor of the week shit
So now, I'll take you home tonight if only for the hell of it

Stacy please I'm suffocating
Choking on infatuation
You're obsessed with drugs and dating
Modern love's too complicated (complicated, complicated)

You're missing the point, nobody lasts after the honeymoon
Why even try giving it back if there's a chance you'll lose?
Out of the red and into the blue
See it for what it is
Chasing the high or living the lie
Just like your parents did
But I'll take you home tonight

Stacy please I'm suffocating
Choking on infatuation
You're obsessed with drugs and dating
Modern love's too complicated
Round and round and round we go
The carousel don't stop for us so
Bite my lip and spin me faster
Modern love's a beautiful disaster

Look at you now, super strung out
What would your mother say?
Some killer queen, making a scene
Don't got a price to pay
Hook in my mouth stringing me out on every word you say
Those are the boys, these are the girls, don't matter anyway
Look at you now, super strung out
What would your mother say?
Some killer queen, making a scene
Don't got a price to pay
Hook in my mouth stringing me out on every word you say
Those are the boys, these are the girls, don't matter anyway

Stacy please we're suffocating
Tired of all the drugs and dating
Turns out it's less devastating
Staying home and masturbating

Stacy please I'm suffocating
Choking on infatuation
So obsessed with drugs and dating
Modern love's too complicated
Round and round and round we go
The carousel don't stop for us, so
Bite my lip and spin me faster
Modern love's a beautiful
Modern love's a beautiful
Modern love's a beautiful disaster

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Are You There?

Loneliness is a f*cked up thing
It'll break you down when you feel that sting
And you lose yourself in a crowded room
'Cause you've got nobody and nobody got you

Now you're feeling empty, waiting for somebody
Not your one and only, just someone to get you through tonight

Where do you turn when the drugs run out
And it's 3 AM and you're coming down?
All your friends are asleep 'cause they're all okay
And you need someone, but you don't wanna say
Are you there? (Do you need someone? Do you need someone?)
Are you there? (Do you need someone? Do you need someone?)

You can save yourself from the morning sun
When you wake up fine 'til you come undone
Then you cycle back to the same old game
Find a brand new face with a different name

Now you're feeling empty, waiting for somebody
Not your one and only, just someone to get you through tonight

Where do you turn when the drugs run out
And it's 3 AM and you're coming down?
All your friends are asleep 'cause they're all okay
And you need someone, but you don't wanna say
Are you there? (Do you need someone? Do you need someone?)
Are you there? (Do you need someone? Do you need someone?)

Left you feeling empty, waiting for somebody
Not your one and only, someone to get you through tonight
Lonely, waiting for somebody
Not your one and only, someone to get you through tonight

Where do you turn when the drugs run out
And it's 3 AM and you're coming down?
All your friends are asleep 'cause they're all okay
And you need someone, but you don't wanna say
Are you there? (Do you need someone? Do you need someone?)
Are you there? (Do you need someone? Do you need someone?)

Are you there? (Do you need someone? Do you need someone?)
(Do you need someone? Do you need someone?)

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Sleepwalking

(Feel like I'm sleepwalking when you're gone)

What a shame, what a shame, what a shame
It's all fun and games 'til you don't wanna play now
Run away, run away, run away
It's easy to see, but it's harder to say now

You're onto something else
I'm a picture left on your shelf
The dream's a lie I tell myself
Feel like I'm sleepwalking when you're gone

Wide awake but it just feels wrong
Stay in bed 'til a whole year's gone
Wake me up when it's over
Feel like I'm sleepwalking when you're gone
Medicate 'til my brain goes numb
Like a dream where your feet won't run
Stuck in place, paralyzed, I
Feel like I'm sleepwalking when you're gone, gone
(Sleepwalking when you're gone, gone)

Took a flight to the west coast
I fell asleep at the window
Suddenly I feel my body
Fallin' fast into visions of you

Movin' on to someone else
I'm a picture left on your shelf
And the dream's a lie I tell myself
Feel like I'm sleepwalking when you're gone

Wide awake but it just feels wrong
Stay in bed 'til a whole year's gone
Wake me up when it's over
Feel like I'm sleepwalking when you're gone
Medicate 'til my brain goes numb
Like a dream where your feet won't run
Stuck in place, paralyzed, I
Feel like I'm sleepwalking when you're gone, gone
(Sleepwalking when you're gone, gone)

What a shame, what a shame, what a shame
It's all fun and games 'til you don't wanna play now
Run away, run away, run away
Feel like I'm sleepwalking when you're gone
(Feel like I'm sleep-)

Wide awake but it just feels wrong
Stay in bed 'til a whole year's gone
Wake me up when it's over
Feel like I'm sleepwalking when you're gone
Medicate 'til my brain goes numb (goes numb)
Like a dream where your feet won't run (won't run)
Stuck in place, paralyzed, I
Feel like I'm sleepwalking when you're gone

Feel like I'm sleepwalking when you're gone, gone, gone

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Calm Down

It's a mad, mad world, tell me not to be so mad about it
It's a sad, sad world, tell me that I ought to laugh about it
Funny thing is I'm the one with the cool head
Everything's fine if you pretend
Bless this mess, hallelujah
But I'm about to lose it

(Two, three, four)

Don't tell me to calm down
Tell me to calm down
It's freaking me out that you're not freaking out
Don't tell me I'll be fine
Even if you're right
It's freaking me out
Don't tell me to calm down

It's a mad, mad world, trying not to lose my shit about it (calm down)
In a bad, bad mood, maybe I should take a hit about it (calm down)
Any other day I'd need a hug like a teddy bear
Now the room's on fire, need to get some air
Oh, bless this mess hallelujah
Thoughts and prayers, so what, who cares?

Don't tell me to calm down
Tell me to calm down
It's freaking me out that you're not freaking out
Don't tell me I'll be fine
Even if you're right
It's freaking me out
Don't tell me to calm down

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Don't tell me, don't tell me (to calm down)
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Don't tell me, no, don't tell me (to calm)

Drifting through this fever dream
In microplastic submarines
Your body is not yours it seems
What the f*ck is happening?

Don't tell me to calm down
Tell me to calm down
It's freaking me out that you're not freaking out
Don't tell me I'll be fine
Even if you're right
It's freaking me out
Don't tell me to calm down

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Don't tell me, don't tell me (to calm down)
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Don't tell me, no, don't tell me (to calm down)

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English Blood // American Heartache

(English blood, American heartbreak)

I picked the right place at the wrong time
I made a promise it was gonna be fine
I've got a laundry list of all these famous lies

I told myself just so I can get by
I wrote a record just to make the the sun shine
Whatever helps me help you sleep every night away

Don't blame my English blood for this American heartache
Sending post cards home from all my last mistake
Maybe I lost myself somewhere along the way
If I'm beyond repair, that's just a part of me

Don't blame my English blood
(For this) American heartache
(Don't blame my) English blood
(For this) American heartache

I get scared when I get too high
A little nervous when I'm sad and can't cry
I think I'm broken, but I don't know
Why is my nose bleeding?

I wanna scream 'til my lungs don't work
I wanna see you in my old t-shirt
I wanna f*ck 'til the pain don't hurt, it's temporary
(Uh, which part?)

Don't blame my English blood for this American heartache
Sending post cards home from all my last mistakes
Maybe I lost myself somewhere along the way
If I'm beyond repair, that's just a part of me (part of me)

There's no changing who I was
(And you know) exactly where I've been
But I know who I am
Who I am is good enough for me

You're changing who I am
(And you know) exactly where I've been
I know who I am
And who I am is good enough for me

(English blood, American heartbreak)

Don't blame my English blood for this American heartache
Sending post cards home from all my last mistakes
Maybe I'll find myself somewhere along the way
I know, it's part of me

Don't blame my English blood
(For this) American heartache
(Don't blame my) English blood
(For this) American heartache

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The Sound of Letting Go

My demons follow me wherever I go
They wanna remind me daily that I'm not in control
And I wish they would just go get a life of their own
'Cause I need the company, but not the shade that they throw

Been out of my mind, out of my head
Out of my way, I'm going in
Trying to find a way to rewind
Kill the static, start again, oh, yeah

That's the sound of letting go playing through the stereo
Bump it when you're feeling low
Now here's the sound of getting over all the shit that's taking hold of you
Just brush it off your shoulders

My best friend says I need to find something new
But I don't know where to start because I only see you, ooh
My momma said that it gets better someday
And I know, I know she meant it 'cause she's doing okay

Been out of my mind, out of my head
Out my way, I'm going in
Trying to find a way to rewind
Kill the static, start again

That's the sound of letting go playing through the stereo
Bump it when you're feeling low
Now here's the sound of getting over all the shit that's taking hold of you
Just brush it off your shoulders

That's the sound of letting go
The sound of letting go

Now scream your lungs out like there's no tomorrow
When you can't cut through the static, you just gotta let go (hey)

That's the sound of letting go playing through the stereo
Bump it when you're feeling low
Now here's the sound of getting over all the shit that's taking hold of you
Just brush it off your shoulders

That's the sound of letting go
The sound of letting go, yeah
That's the sound of letting go
The sound of letting go of you

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New Religion

(ft. Teddy Swims)

New religion
I only wanna worship you, my
New religion

I never thought myself a believer
But here tonight, I believe in you
We danced the demons away with tequila
Beneath the lights you were showing me a truth

That your sweat is my holy water
(I'd drown in an ocean)
And your hips are the only altar
(I fall to my knees thinking)

I found God and we found heaven
On the bedroom floor, you're my, my new religion
It's been way too long since my last confession
On your bedroom floor, you're my, my, my, my, my

New religion
I only wanna worship you, my
New religion

This ain't gospel, nah, but what can I do?
I would be lying if I said I'm not dying to worship you (hey)
I got no problem being saved
Ain't no questioning my faith
Could be a sin to want you but worse to walk away

'Cause your sweat is my holy water
(I'd drown in an ocean)
And your hips are the only altar
(I fall to my knees thinking)

I found God and we found heaven
On the bedroom floor, you're my, my new religion
It's been way too long since my last confession
On your bedroom floor, you're my, my, my, my, my

New religion (I only wanna)
I only wanna worship you, my
New religion
New religion (I only wanna)
I only wanna worship you, my
New religion (I only wanna)
Oh-oh-oh-oh-ah

I found God and we found heaven
On the bedroom floor, you're my, my new religion
It's been way too long since my last confession
On your bedroom floor, you're my, my, my, my, my

New religion (I only wanna)
I only wanna worship you, my
New religion (I only wanna) (hey)
New religion (I only wanna)
I only wanna worship you, my
New religion (I only wanna)

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The Way You Miss Me

(I hate the way you miss me)

You said this happens all the time, yeah, that's kinda the point
We can't keep on doing this, doing this
Even when we're doing fine, yeah, nothing's really fine
But we keep on doing it, doing it

Like one day (one day)
We'll both change (we'll both change)
And everything will make sense, darling
You'll see (you'll see)
Believe me (believe me)
Now come sit down, just put your hands on me

I'm not trying to say I don't wanna stay
I just know how this story ends
Use my body against me and all of our history
I hate the way you miss me (way you miss me)

We're on our third bottle of wine now, your tongue is on mine
We just keep on doing this, doing this, don't we?
I'd try to leave, but you'd find some way
To twist my mind and make me wonder

If one day (one day)
I might change (I might change)
And everything would make sense, darling
You'll see (you'll see)
Believe me (believe me)
Now come sit down, just put your hands on me

I'm not trying to say I don't wanna stay
I just know how this story ends
Use my body against me and all of our history
I hate the way you miss me

Hate the way you, way you miss me
I hate the way you, way you (I hate the way you miss me)
I hate the way you, way you miss me
I hate the way you, way you (I hate the way you miss me)

I'm not trying to say I don't wanna stay
I just know how this story ends
Use my body against me and all of our history
I hate the way you miss me

The way you, way you miss me
I hate the way you, way you (I hate the way you miss me)
I hate the way you, way you miss me
I hate the way you, way you (I hate the way you miss me)

I'm not trying to say I don't wanna stay
I just know how this story ends
Use my body against me and all of our history
I hate the way you miss me

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I'd Be Fine (If I Never Saw You Again)

I know I'd be fine
If I never saw you again
I don't mind, I'm fine
It really isn't hard to pretend
I'm fine

There's no one quite like you
I hate that I like you
But when I'm inside you
There's nothing I won't do

Try to resist
But it's simply no use
Your delicate wrist
Got my neck in your noose

And I'm gone, gone, gone, gone away
Yeah, you're no, no, no good for me

I know I'd be fine
If I never saw you again
I don't mind, I'm fine
It really isn't hard to pretend

I've got a hundred different voices in my head
Yeah
And they all say I don't need you like I did
I know that I'd be fine if I never saw you again
'Til I see you again

And I will not shed a tear
For the death of us, my dear
'Til the blood that's on my hands
Fits the face that's in the mirror

And it all brings me back to you
Brings me back to you
And it all brings me back to you
Brings me back to you

I know I'd be fine
If I never saw you again
I don't mind, I'm fine (I'm fine)
It really isn't hard to pretend

I've got a hundred different voices in my head
Yeah
And they all say I don't need you like I did
I know that I'd be fine if I never saw you again
'Til I see you again

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Kill Ur Vibe

(One, two)
(One, two, three)

It's Sunday morning
I left the kettle on too long
It's boiling over
I spaced out trying to write this song
You say I'm tragic
I say I don't know how to lie
You've got the magic
I'm sorry if I kill your vibe

You're always laughing
And telling me to get my shit together
The weather's always bad in here
Happy days are over
But you still find a way to keep on smiling
It's the greatest show
So tell me, what's your secret?
It's like you know something I don't

Sat wasting daylight
My phone's been dead since 3:05
Ain't that just classic
Watching cartoons in black-and-white?
You put up with me
Honestly, I'm just trying to find
The perfect way to say sorry
If I kill your vibe

You're always laughing
And telling me to get my shit together
The weather's always bad in here
Happy days are over
But you still find a way to keep on smiling
It's the greatest show
So tell me, what's your secret? (What's your secret?)
It's like you know something I don't

I guess I hope that you know
Hope you know that I'm trying
Trying to keep my shit together
In a world that wants to tear us all apart
You said
Don't even start
You couldn't push me away if you tried
I'm the safest place you could ever think to hide
'Cause I'm on your side
I know that you're on mine
Even when you kill my vibe
Even when you kill my vibe

You're always laughing (ha, ha)
And telling me to get my shit together
The weather's not so bad in here
Happy days are closer (closer)
You still find a way to keep me smiling
You're so inspiring
So tell me, what's your secret? (What's your secret?)
It's like you know something I don't

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The Other Side

November
No trace of your perfume
No evidence of you, no
Remember (remember)
My fingers in your hair
The heat behind your stare

I'm in the kitchen, rollin' at a party
Deep in the canyon
Dance with anybody
That's when you walk in
Holding onto someone new
It kills me

But we say, "Hello", say "Goodbye"
And I swear I died a thousand times
So, what's it like to reach the other side?
Of letting go and moving on
Don't know why it's taking me so long
Oh, maybe you can tell me what it's like
On the other side (the other side, other side)

On the other side

A cruel summer (summer)
That spring was gone too soon (spring was gone too soon)
'Fore the mess in June, oh-oh-ohh
I'm pulled under (under)
I thought the tides would change
But now you're just a stranger

I'm in the kitchen, rollin' at a party
Deep in the canyon
Dance with anybody
That's when you walk in
Holding onto someone new
It kills me

But we say, "Hello", say "Goodbye"
And I swear I died a thousand times
So, what's it like to reach the other side?
Of letting go and moving on
Don't know why it's taking me so long
Oh, maybe you can tell me what it's like
On the other side

We say, "Hello", say "Goodbye"
And I swear I died a thousand times
So, what's it like to reach the other side?
Of letting go and moving on
Don't know why it's taking me so long
Oh, maybe you can tell me what it's like
On the other side

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Lost Along The Way

Can we start this record over?
Can we paint with different colors?
Can we dig the garden up and start again?
I want to tear out all the pages
Of this book I've had for ages
'Cause the words I'm reading now don't make no sense

Solitary and confined
Lost my way and lost my mind
The walls are closing in around me now
Swimming through the solar rain
Washed away the salt and shame, I'm reaching out
But can you find me now?

So meet me where the stars collide
The Milky Way is ours tonight
Your gravity is more than I can take
I've come so far to find you here
I burned up in the atmosphere
And there's no going back but that's okay
I got lost along the way

Now time is moving slower
My spirit's getting lower
The rush of blood is music to my veins (to my veins)
I'm spinning in the shadows
The dark side of my shallow beating heart's the only way to start again

I'm solitary and confined
Lost my way and lost my mind
The walls are closing in around me now (around me now)
Swimming through the solar rain
Melt away the salt and shame, I'm reaching out
But can you find me now?

So meet me where the stars collide
The Milky Way is ours tonight
Your gravity is more than I can take (more than I can take)
I've come so far to find you here
I burned up in the atmosphere
And there's no going back but that's okay
I got lost along the way

No way back to where you are
I can't see past this dying star
Stellar clouds surround you now
And I'm so lost without you
Falling just beneath the edge
Event horizon, full eclipse
Stellar clouds surround you now
And I'm so lost without you
I'm so lost without you

Meet me where the stars collide
The Milky Way is ours tonight
Your gravity is more than I can take (more than I can take)
I've come so far to find you here
I burned up in the atmosphere
There's no going back but that's okay
I got lost along the way

(I got lost along the way) I got lost along the way
(I got lost along the way)

And I've come so far to find you here
I burned up in the atmosphere
I know I can't go back but that's okay
I got lost along the way