Faces In The Hall Lyrics - The Papercut Chronicles - Gym Class Heroes

I knew this kid named Alberto, funny style cat 

And his girl looked like a turtle 

Not Lisa Turtle, just a turtle 

High school track, he ran the hurdle 

His peers shed tears senior year when he got murdered 

Now Alberto was your average A student 

Participated in class, never came late and never truant 

His family was picture perfect 

His older sister was prom queen 

His dad a decorated vet from the Vietnam team 

His mother was Dear Abby, an ordinary house wife 

Like clockwork, always had dinner on the table at 5 

But Alberto had a monster he kept under his bed 

Instead of letting it out he just got a girlfriend instead 

She knew something was funny, she could tell by his behavior 

Or the way he flamboyantly shook his hand 

When he would wave to her 

She thought nothing of it and just shoved it in the closet 

Until the day that word dripped out like leaky faucet 

Alberto was homosexual, I ain't have nothing against it 

But little Ronnie Johnson and all his football player friends did 

They'd always pick and nag, call him, "Fag" and such and such 

And couldn't wait to get to gym so they could really bust his nuts 

The gym teacher never cared 

He'd just join in on the action, he'd make silly gestures 

And compared him to Micheal Jackson 

Alberto couldn't take it 

He'd just stop showing up and whenever he walked them halls 

He just felt like throwin' up 

And night he would cry and cry and ask, "God why?" 

Like, "God, why the fuck'd I have to be born this way?" 

God would reply, "Son, you've gotta show 'em you're more than gay" 

'Cause he had dreams to be a track star 

Until that warm April night them gay jokes went way too far 

Ronnie begged for his forgiveness and invited him to a party 

'Cause his parents went away and left him plenty of Bacardi 

Alberto kindly accepted, he was finally accepted 

Except it was all deception and left them all unprotected 

It was a plan, Ronnie had scammed to get him in the right place 

Verbally degrade and rearrange his pretty face 

The plan would go swiftly, they started calling him sissy 

One punch turned into fifty, they beat him till he was dizzy 

Now Alberto lie in blood while his peers look on in fear 

He took his last breath and passed away his senior year 

Needless to say it was one big tragedy 

And how was ronnie gonna explain to his family 

While they were on vacation taking in sights 

He got wasted and killed a kid that night 

Don't be a slave and behave the way they do 

Just utilize the gifts that God gave you 

Don't be a slave and behave the way they do 

Just utilize the gifts that God gave you 

Don't be a slave and behave the way they do 

Just utilize the gifts that God gave you 

Don't be a slave and behave the way they do 

Just utilize the gifts that God gave you 

I knew this girl named Maria, bright and talented 

With aspirations to be a big superstar 

What a great idea 

Until she fell off and started to listening to her peers 

Oh, dear 

Now maria was your typical obnoxious 

Analytical head strong rebel 

Flippin' off the principal, single mother home structure 

She looked after baby brother while mom worked two jobs 

Just to buy supper 

Pops was a struggling musician, troubled man 

Juggling family and heroin addiction 

He overdosed and left a notice of eviction 

And a crate of records on the table in the kitchen 

And a little angel with a keen sense of sound 

Who saw silence in the records she found 

And she would stay up late at night 

Reciting songs to herself under pale moonlight 

Righting wrongs that her pops made 

Promised her mom she'd never go that same route 

Turns out Carrie Anne had other plans 

Her and her man Ronnie most popular 

Second best to nobody 

Homecoming queen versus ugly duckling 

And the story ends the same way 

Okay, Ronnie's parents went away for a couple of days 

And told him, "No drinking" 

What the fuck were they thinking? 

Maria was oblivious that her boyfriend had already been invited 

So when Carrie Anne asked she got all excited 

Like, "Damn now I got something to look forward to" 

Or so she thought, Maria kindly accepted 

She was finally accepted, except it was all bullshit 

Not pay attention 

Carrie Anne hated Maria 'cause she could sing 

So she scored a bag of heroin but the craziest thing was 

Maria never touched drugs, she did that night 

And when her man was getting beat she was nowhere in sight 

Now her boyfriend lie in blood and she had no idea 

Alberto passed away and she got hooked her senior year 

Needless to say it was one one big tragedy 

And I hate to break it but it doesn't end happily 

A warm day in May, the sky was so beautiful 

Carrie Anne died in a crash leaving the funeral