Recover from this if it’s humanly possible ‘Cause we’re nothing more We breathe and we bleed And we waste our fucking time A measly eighty years is all we’re given And we burn them like paper Lit by hate and greed and self absorption To those of you who may rise above that: I envy you. I am no better than the next or the last I want to be above this But to want is still to want And for us to have is for someone else to be without And so I say Let us forget about these vicious precedents With which we break our backs and our minds And let us go on existing, governed by nothing But love. If not for love we would not exist. To exist is not to live But if we do it right Maybe we’ll be given the chance Given the chance, maybe we will deliver. And once we’ve done so, maybe we can live.

I’ll never question what it’s worth to be without a purpose Your charming syntax says it all, it screams “You’re fucking worthless” So take it from me, take it all and burn it (With your cigarettes) This guilty conscience has you so enlightened Don’t waste my time Don’t waste your breath I’ll find the answers when I’m dead Breathe me in, bleed me out We’re growing up to be let down Don’t waste my time Don’t waste your breath Ill find the answers when I'm dead Breathe me in, bleed me out I’m begging you to see the bigger picture Change your perception of what it means to mean (and purposefully be) Because we’ve lost ourselves in limbo, we've lost our peace of mind Our tendencies are volatile, we’ve got to realign Don’t waste my time Don’t waste your breath I’ll find the answers when I’m dead Breathe me in, bleed me out We’re growing up to be let down Don’t waste my time Don’t waste your breath Ill find the answers when I'm dead Breathe me in, bleed me out Put the feeling back in my fingers Long enough to tie this noose around All the empty words that you fed me All the empty words left in my mouth These words are all I own Learn what it means to be alone Piece together what’s been broken (What we’ve left out on the floor) For all to see, at least they’ll know They will not break us anymore

What’s that you said? You need some time to clear your head? Time off from going through the motions I’d say that’s fair But I’d be lying And I wouldn’t want to build that reputation We’re so concerned with our perception It’s all cut and dry Where’s the honesty to sting us til we get it right? Spill your guts or hold your tongue These little games are just no fun You crave attention like a drug, it’s so damn shameful It’s not all Black and white So keep your mouth shut, baby Til you get it right Get yourself all figured out This time you’d better call a spade a spade And burn your bridges to the ground You’re so damn shameful Too much, too fast Go ahead and fill your glass Wet your throat with what you know will fix the problem These thrills are cheap And when they’re gone what’s left to keep Other than the knowledge that you’re fucking lonely? So hide behind those pretty eyes Convince yourself it’s not a lie Go on pretending ‘til the sight of me reminds you Hypocrisy’s a way of life I know, believe me, cause I’ve tried it And it left me swimming at the bottom of the bottle It’s not all Black and white So keep your mouth shut, baby Til you get it right Get yourself all figured out This time you’d better call a spade a spade And burn your bridges to the ground You’re so damn shameful These thrills are cheap But what we crave is what we need To keep from going stale So let’s drink up our ambitions These little lies we feed ourselves most every night Have got me clawing at the kitchen floor Digging for something more Pass the pills that they said would make me smile Cause they fix me where it counts right now Piece me back together I’m not awake but I can’t sleep My mind is not my own to keep All of these notions preconceived Tell me that I’m shameful Tell me that I’m shameful I just wanted to love you But you’re just like everybody else

I am not wise You've been mislead To believe the words I’ve ciphered in your head Cast your stone A caveat Open your eyes to everything that I am not But she took me to her bedroom Stomach full of lead I'd like to feel the pain of love Before the devil knows I'm dead But not this way Make no mistake The honest farmer takes no pity on a snake You can lay me down til the dogs are dead Load your daddy's six shooter, put it to my head Ask me what I think of this now You can break my back but I'll walk on home Just to prove to you that we die alone Ask me what I think of this now I'm slowly getting over something That I should have long ago forgotten Like this town has done me recently Which goes to show No matter what your name is They'll still call you "little boy" Guess your past self has betrayed you For a slightly lesser life In which the colors, they seem duller Than the voices in your ears Ringing out the cry for freedom That you screamed for years and years At your dear mother and your father Who were rich with life, then poor Sitting on forty-something years She lost her hair, you straightened yours You can lay me down til the dogs are dead Load your daddy's six shooter, put it to my head Ask me what I think of this now You can break my back but I'll walk on home Just to prove to you that we die alone Ask me what I think of this now Please forget about the outcome Let's just keep the ball in play Because the nights are getting longer With every fleeting fucking day She cries "I wish someone could love me" But she does it to herself Perpetuating what she don't want And ignores everything else The wonder years, yeah they've been long gone They say high school is to blame Whatever, work to live and live to die Let the serotonin drown my brain You can lay me down ‘til the dogs are dead Load your daddy's six shooter, put it to my head Ask me what I think of this now You can break my back but I'll walk on home Just to prove to you that we die alone Ask me what I think of this now My body's here But my brain is miles away Cut my tongue out of my mouth For all you've let me say What's left to do But close our eyes? So we can make believe We're safer when we're blind So find your place Under my skin I was just an empty answer Til you filled me in You fill me in

Come over here Tell me that you need this Tell me what i want to hear It’s not your fault But I’m begging you to make this easy Begging you to let me start again Carefully construct the reality of me Stay inside the lines I recognize the virtues of right angles Swear to God Or whoever fed you those lies first That you would never dare to stray But whose face was on your mind? I’m not asking much Only that you let me breathe To speak the words I’ve anchored to my tongue I’m at your feet The things you hold over my head The things you keep, the things I’ve said Carefully construct the reality of me Stay inside the lines I recognize the virtues of right angles Swear to God Or whoever fed you those lies first That you would never dare to stray But whose face was on your mind? Was it mine? It’s all yours, Dear Suck the poison from my veins Remember how you screamed my name? So far, so gone The irony is clear to me now I bite my tongue to know I bleed Carefully construct the reality of me Stay inside the lines I recognize the virtues of right angles Swear to God Or whoever fed you those lies first That you would never dare to stray But whose face was on your mind? Was it mine?