i'm saying everything i've said before
all these words they make no sense

i find bliss in ignorance
less i hear the less you'll say

but you'll find that out anyway
just like before...

everything you say to me
takes me one step closer to the edge

and i'm about to break
i need a little room to breathe

cause i'm one step closer to the edge
and i'm about to break

i find the answers aren't so clear
wish i could find a way to disappear

all these thoughts they make no sense
i find bliss in ignorance

nothing seems to go away
over and over again

shut up when i'm talking to you

and put my cold feet on the floor
forgot all about yesterday

remembering i’m pretending to be where i’m not anymore
a little taste of hypocrisy

and i’m left in the wake of the mistake / slow to react
even though you’re so close to me

you’re still so distant and i can’t bring you back
it’s true

the way i feel
was promised by your face

the sound of your voice
painted on my memories

even if you’re not with me
i’m with you

you / now i see/ keeping everything inside

you / now i see / even when i close my eyes

i hit you and you hit me back
we fall to the floor

the rest of the day stands still
fine line between this and that

when things go wrong i pretend the past isn’t real
now i'm trapped in this memory

and i’m left in the wake of the mistake

slow to react
even though you’re close to me

you’re still so distant / and i can’t bring you back
no

no matter how far we've come

i can't wait to see tomorrow
with you

puts your name to shame
cover up your face

you can’t run the race
the pace is too fast

you just can’t last

you love the way i look at you

while taking pleasure in the awful things you put me through
you take away if i give in
my life

my pride is broken

you love the things i say i’ll do-

the way i’ll hurt myself again just to get back at you
you take away when i give in

my life
my pride is broken

you like to think you’re never wrong

you want to act like you’re someone

you want someone to hurt like you

you want to share what you’ve been through
(you live what you learn)

they will not heal
fear is how i fall
confusing what is real

there’s something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
consuming

confusing
this lack of self control i fear is never ending
controlling

i can’t seem
to find myself again
my walls are closing in

[without a sense of confidence / i’m convinced
there's just too much pressure to take]

i’ve felt this way before
so insecure

discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me
distracting

reacting
against my will i stand beside my own reflection

it’s haunting how i can’t seem
to find myself again
my walls are closing in

[without a sense of confidence / i’m convinced
there's just too much pressure to take]

i’ve felt this way before
so insecure...

a constant wave of tension
on top of broken trust

the lessons that you taught me
i learn were never true

now i find myself in question
they point the finger at me again

guilty by association
you point the finger at me again

paper bags and angry voices
under a sky of dust

another wave of tension
has more than filled me up

all my talk of taking action
these words were never true

now i find myself in question
they point the finger at me again
guilty by association

you point the finger at me again

i wanna run away
never say goodbye

i wanna know the truth
instead of wondering why

i wanna know the answers
no more lies

i wanna shut the door
and open up my mind

gonna run away...

do i follow my instincts blindly?

do i hide my pride from these bad dreams

and give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?

do i sit here and try to stand it?

or do i try to catch them red – handed?

do i trust some and get fooled by phoniness,

or do i trust nobody and live in loneliness?
because i can’t hold on

when i’m stretched so thin
i make the right moves but i’m lost within

i put on my daily façade but then

i just end up getting hurt again
by myself [myself]

i ask why, but in my mind
i find i can’t rely on myself

i can’t hold on
to what i want when i’m stretched so thin

it’s all too much to take in
i can’t hold on

to anything watching everything spin
with thoughts of failure sinking in

if i
turn my back i’m defenseless

and to go blindly seems senseless
if i hide my pride and let it all go on

then they’ll
take from me ‘till everything is gone

if i let them go i’ll be outdone
but if i try to catch them i’ll be outrun

if i’m killed by the questions like a cancer

then i’ll be buried in the silence of the answer
[by myself]

how do you think / i’ve lost so much

i’m so afraid / i’m out of touch

how do you expect / i will know what to do

when all i know / is what you tell me to

don’t you know

i can’t tell you how to make it go

no matter what i do, how hard i try

i can’t seem to convince myself why

i’m stuck on the outside

it doesn't even matter how hard you try
keep that in mind

i designed this rhyme
to explain in due time

all i know
time is a valuable thing

watch it fly by as the pendulum swings

watch it count down to the end of the day

the clock ticks life away
it's so unreal

didn't look out below
watch the time go right out the window

trying to hold on, but didn't even know

wasted it all just to watch you go

i kept everything inside and even though i tried, it all fell apart

what it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when

i tried so hard
and got so far
but in the end

it doesn't even matter
i had to fall
to lose it all

but in the end
it doesn't even matter

one thing, i don't know why
it doesn't even matter how hard you try
keep that in mind

i designed this rhyme, to explain in due time
i tried so hard

in spite of the way you were mocking me

acting like i was part of your property

remembering all the times you fought with me

i'm surprised it got so (far)

things aren't the way they were before

you wouldn't even recognize me anymore

not that you knew me back then

but it all comes back to me (in the end)

you kept everything inside and even though i tried, it all fell apart

what it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when i

chorus

i've put my trust in you
pushed as far as i can go
and for all this

there's only one thing you should know (2x) chorus

on a dark night shining with the light from the sun

the sun doesn't give light to the moon

assuming the moon's going to owe it one

it makes me think of how you act to me

you do favors and then rapidly

you just turn around and start asking me about
things you want back from me

pre chorus:

i'm sick of the tension, sick of the hunger
sick of you acting like i owe you this

find another place to feed your greed

while i find a place to rest

i want to be in another place

i hate when you say you don't understand
(you'll see it's not meant to be)

i want to be in the energy, not with the enemy
a place for my head

maybe someday i'll be just like you, and
step on people like you do and

run away the people i thought i knew

i remember back then who you were

you used to be calm, used to be strong

used to be generous, but you should've known

that you'd wear out your welcome

now you see how quiet it is, all alone

pre chorus (2x)

you try to take the best of me
go away (8x)

pre chorus (2x)

at the core i've forgotten

in the middle of my thoughts

taken far from my safety

the picture is there

the memory won't escape me

but why should i care (2x)

there's a place so dark you can't see the end

(skies cock back) and shock that which can't defend

the rain then sends dripping acidic questions

forcefully, the power of suggestion

then with the eyes tightly shut looking thought the rust and rotten dust

a spot of light floods the floor

and pours over the rusted world of pretend

the eyes ease open and its dark again

chorus

bridge

in the memory you'll find me
eyes burning up

the darkness holding me tightly
until the sun rises up

pollution manifested in perpetual sound

the wheels go round and the sunset creeps past the

street lamps, chain-link, and concrete

a little piece of paper with a picture drawn

floats on down the street till the wind is gone

the memory now is like the picture was then

when the paper's crumpled up it can't be perfect again

chorus

bridge


now you got me caught in the act
you bring the thought back

i'm telling you that
i see it right through you (7x)

bridge (2x)