1. Hey God:
The narrator of the song doubts God's existence because of poverty and social injustice. The narrator believes that if God does exist, then God is to blame for not doing anything about it.

2. Something for the Pain:
A song about someone dealing with depression and loneliness who needs someone to lean on.

3. This Ain't a Love Song:
The narrator of the song is grieving the end of a relationship, but has come to realise that the relationship was never what he thought it was.

4. These Days:
A song about having the courage to just be yourself and to not give up on your dreams, even if things are more difficult these days than they used to be.

5. Lie to Me:
A song about a married couple dealing with financial trouble. She is about to leave him, because she blames those troubles on him. He is begging her to stay and to pretend to still love him at least until he can fix their troubles.

6. Damned:
A song about a man having an affair with a married woman. He feels a lot of guilt, but can't let go.

7. My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms:
The Narrator is trying to write a positive, upbeat song, but he is too depressed to write anything.

8. It's Hard Letting You Go:
The narrator is grieving his wife's death. He has trouble moving on and wishes she had broken up with him, because that would have made it easier for him to move on with his life.

9. Hearts Breaking Even:
The narrator has serious commitment issues. He doesn't believe that love lasts, so whenever a relationship starts to get serious, he breaks it off...breaking two hearts in the process: hers and his own.

10. Something to Believe In:
A song about someone who is so jaded by life he lost faith in everything, including faith in his religion and faith in his friendships. However he is tired of only pretending he still has faith and realises he can't go on like this, so he tries to find something new to believe in.

11. If That's What It Takes:
The narrator of the song is trying to convince a woman, who has had many relationships end badly and isn't ready to get into a new one, to take a chance on him. He says he'll do whatever it takes to prove he's sincere.

12. Diamond Ring:
The narrator of the song has an unhealthy obsession with his wife. He sees her as his possession. The idea that he is not always on her mind and in her dreams, makes him jealous. The ring is only there to remind her and others that she is his.

13. I Want Everything:
The narrator talks about people he knows who couldn't deal with reality: one ran away from home, the other overdosed on heroin. The narrator basically says he doesn't want to end up like them.

14. Bitter Wine:
The narrator talks about an unusual relationship he was in. After the relationship ended, they tried again, but it just wasn't the same.