traded my skin for cheap sex and tattoos

shaking in my sleep with me broken and bruised, do do do-do

so, this providence has a new album out...and i still haven't listened to it, even though i have it. that is really saying something, considering this used to be my favorite band, end of story. now, they are just horribly, manufactured fueled by ramen pop, that i can barely stand. this video is awful, and i really miss the old this providence. back when they still have (at least some of) the original members...when their music was interesting, dynamic, complex. now it is simple, cheesy radio pop with horribly cliche high school-setting videos. dan, you are married and old - you were way past this high school stuff when you put out your first full-length...three releases ago. come on now. ironically, this song is titled 'letdown.' at least that much is accurate.

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this is the this providence i love, and miss.

if you'd just trust in me
you know i trust you
we'll do all the things that you've dreamed to do
if you'd just let go
if you'd let your heart go

take me past the color of your eyes
take me from the past of all my mistakes to where the future lies
i know that my moods were changing like the weather
do you ever dream of us together?
now i just want to show you who i am

holding on to dreams we collide
we had our futures
our reasons
our fingers on the trigger
when we base our joy on the things that we see
we lose the trust in it all and the faith we believe

if you'd just trust in me
you know i trust you
we'll do all the things that you've dreamed to do
if you'd just let go
if you'd let your heart go

remember when i used to be your everything?
now i'm nothing at all
trust me i've tried to let you go
but i can't move on
i can't move on

what i do now will affect what comes next
and this life that i lead will be everything you need
ipray to be all that you dream
and i'll die trying to be