Why does it feel like night today?
Something in here’s not right today
Why am I so uptight today?
Paranoia’s all I got left
I don’t know what stressed me first
Or how the pressure was fed
but I know just what it feels
like To have a voice in
the back of my head
It’s like a face that I hold
inside A face that awakes
when I close my eyes
A face watches every time I lie
A face that laughs every time I fall
[And watches everything]
So I know that when it’s time
to sink or swim
That the face inside
is hearing me
right beneath my skin
It’s like I’m
paranoid lookin’ over my back
It’s like a
whirlwind inside of my head
It’s like I
can’t stop what I’m hearing within
It’s like the face inside
is right beneath my skin
I know I’ve got a face in me
points out all the mistakes to me
You’ve got a face on the inside too
and Your paranoia’s probably worse
I don’t know what set me off first
but I know what I can’t stand
Everybody acts like the fact of
the matter is I can’t add up to what you can
but Everybody has a face that they hold inside
So you know that when it’s time to sink or swim
That the face inside is watching you too
right inside your skin
It’s like I’m
paranoid lookin’ over my back
It’s like a
whirlwind inside of my head
It’s like I
can’t stop what I’m hearing within
It’s like the face inside is right beneath my skin
It’s like I’m
paranoid lookin’ over my back
It’s like a
whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I
I can't stop what I'm hearing within
It’s like the face inside
is right beneath my skin
the face inside
is right beneath my skin
the face inside
is right beneath my skin
the face inside
is right beneath my skin
The sun goes down
I feel the light betray me
The sun goes down
I feel the light betray me
The sun It’s like I’m
paranoid lookin’ over my back
It’s like a
whirlwind inside of my head
It’s like I
can’t stop what I’m hearing within
It’s like the face inside
is right beneath my skin
I feel the light betray me
The sun It’s like I’m
paranoid lookin’ over my back
It’s like a
whirlwind inside of my head
It’s like I
can’t stop what I’m hearing within
I feel the light betray me It’s like
can’t stop what I’m hearing within It’s like I
can’t stop what I’m hearing within
02. One Step Closer
I cannot take this anymore
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
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
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
Break break break break break
shut up when I'm talking to you
shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up
when I'm talking to you
shut up, shut up, shut up shut up
I’m about to break
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
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 break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to
break Break break break break break break
shut up when I'm talking to you
shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up
when I'm talking to you,
shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up
I’m about to break
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 edgeM
And I'm about to break
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
03. With You
I woke up in a dream today
To the cold of the static
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
with you
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
I'm trapped in this memory
And I'm left in the wake of the mistake
slow to react
So even though you're 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
with you You, Now I see,
Even when I close my eyes
With you You, now
I see, keeping everything inside with you
You, Now I see, Even when I close my eyes
No, no matter how far we've come
I can't wait to see tomorrow
No, no matter how far we've come I
I can't wait to see tomorrow With you You,
now I see, keeping everything inside
with you You, Now I see,
Even when I close my eyes
With you You, now I see,
keeping everything inside
with you You, Now I see,
Even when I close my eyes.
04. Points Of Authority 02:55
Forfeit the game
Before somebody else
Takes you out of the frame
Puts your name to shame
Cover up your face
You can’t run the race
The pace is too fast
You just won'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 like to think you’re never wrong
[You live what you’ve learned]
You have to act like you’re someone
[You live what you’ve learned]
You want someone to hurt like you
[You live what you’ve learned]
You want to share what you’ve been through
[You live what you’ve learned]
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 live what you’ve learned]
You want to act like you’re someone
[You live what you’ve learned]
You want someone to hurt like you
[You live what you’ve learned]
You want to share what you’ve been through
[You live what you’ve learned]
Forfeit the game
Before somebody else
Takes you out of the frame
Puts your name to shame
Cover up your face
You can’t run the race
The pace is too fast
You just won't last
You like to think you’re never wrong
[You live what you’ve learned]
You want to act like you’re someone
[You live what you’ve learned]
You want someone to hurt like you
[You live what you’ve learned]
You want to share what you’ve been through
[You live what you’ve learned]
You like to think you’re never wrong
forfeit the game
[You live what you’ve learned]
You want to act like you’re someone
forfeit the game
[You live what you’ve learned]
You want someone to hurt like you
forfeit the game
[You live what you’ve learned]
You want to share what you’ve been through
forfeit the game
[You live what you’ve learned].
05. Crawling 02:44
crawling in my skin
these wounds 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
and I'm convinced that there's
just too much pressure to take]
I've felt this way before
so insecure
crawling in my skin
these wounds they will not heal
fear is how I fall
confusing what is real
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
and I'm convinced that there's
just too much pressure to take]
I've felt this way before
so insecure
crawling in my skin
these wounds they will not heal
fear is how I fall
confusing what is real
crawling in my skin
these wounds they will not heal
fear is how I fall
confusing confusing what is real
there's something inside me
that pulls beneath the surface
consuming/confusing what is real
this lack of self-control
I fear is never ending
controlling/confusing what is real.
06. Runaway 03:24
Graffiti decorations
Underneath a sky of dust
A constant wave of tension
On top of broken trust
The lessons that you taught me
I learned 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
I wanna run away
Never say good-bye
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.
07. By Myself 02:42
What do I do to ignore them behind me?
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 [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] [myself]
I ask why, but in my mind I find
I can’t rely on 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
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
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
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
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...
08. In The End 03:17
(It starts with)
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
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 remind myself how
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
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
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
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
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.
09. A Place for My Head
I watch how the
Moon sits in the sky
in the 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
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
I’m so 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’m so
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
You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away
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
Shut...up
I’m so 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’m so sick of the tensio
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.
10. Forgotten
From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
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
From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
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
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
an acidic question
Forcefully, the power of suggestion
Then with the eyes shut
looking though the rust and rot
And dust
a spot of light floods the floor
And pours over the rusted world of pretend
The eyes ease open and its dark again
From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop 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
In the memory you’ll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up
Moving all around
screaming of the ups and downs
Pollution manifested in perpetual sound
The wheels go round and the sunset creeps behind
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
From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
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
From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
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
In the memory you’ll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up
Now you got me caught in the act
You bring the thought back
I’m telling you that
I see it right through you
Now you got me caught in the act
You bring the thought back
I’m telling you that
I see it right through you
Now you got me caught in the act
You bring the thought back
I’m telling you that
I see it right through you
Now you got me caught in the act
You bring the thought back
I’m telling you that
I see it right through you
Now you got me caught in the act
You bring the thought back
I’m telling you that
I see it right through you
Now you got me caught in the act
You bring the thought back
I’m telling you that
I see it right through you
Now you got me caught in the act
You bring the thought back
I’m telling you that
I see it right through you
In the memory you’ll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up
In the memory, you will find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up.
12. Pushing Me Away
I’ve lied to you
The same way that I always do
This is
the last smile
That I’ll fake for the sake of being with you
Everything falls apart
even the people who never frown
eventually break down
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
Everything has to end
you’ll soon find we’re out of time left
to watch it all unwind
The sacrifice is never knowing
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me pushes me away
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me pushes me away
I’ve tried like you
To do everything you wanted too
This is the last time
I'll take the blame for the sake of being with you
Everything falls apart
even the people who never frown
eventually break down
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
Everything has to end
you’ll soon find we’re out of time left
to watch it all unwind
The sacrifice is never knowing
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me pushes me away
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me pushes me away
Were all out of time
this is how we learn how it all unwinds
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
Were all out of time
this is how we learn how it all unwinds
The sacrifice is never knowing why...
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me pushes me away
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me pushes me away pushes me away .