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 underneath 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 my 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 A face that awakes when I close my eyes A face watches every time they lie A face that laughs every time they fall (And watches everything) So you know that when it’s time to sink or swim That the face inside is watching you too Right inside your skin
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The face inside is right beneath your skin (3x)
The sun goes down I feel the light betray me (Repeat until end)
Chorus (Repeat until end)
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…
Chorus (2x)
shut up when I’m talking to you
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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 IТm pretending to be where IТm not anymore A little taste of hypocrisy And IТm left in the wake of the mistake slow to react Even though youТre so close to me YouТre still so distant And I canТt bring you back
ItТs true the way I feel Was promised by your face The sound of your voice Painted on my memories Even if youТre not with me IТm 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 isnТt real Now I’m trapped in this memory And IТm left in the wake of the mistake slow to react So even though youТre close to me YouТre still so distant And I canТt bring you back
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No matter how far we’ve come I can’t wait to see tomorrow (2x)
With you You Now I see keeping everything inside With you You Now I see Even when I close my eyes (2x)
Points of Authority
Forfeit the game Before somebody else Takes you out of the frame Puts your name to shame Cover up your face You canТt 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 youТre never wrong You have to act like youТre someone You want someone to hurt like you You want to share what youТve been through
You love the things I say IТll do- The way IТll 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 youТre never wrong You have to act like youТre someone You want someone to hurt like you You want to share what youТve been through (You live what you learn)
Forfeit the game Before somebody else Takes you out of the frame Puts your name to shame Cover up your face You canТt run the race The pace is too fast You just won’t last (2x)
You like to think youТre never wrong You have to act like youТre someone You want someone to hurt like you You want to share what youТve been through (2x)
Crawling
Crawling in my skin These wounds they will not heal Fear is how I fall Confusing what is real
ThereТs something inside me that pulls beneath the surface Consuming confusing This lack of self control I fear is never ending Controlling I canТt seem To find myself again My walls are closing in [Without a sense of confidence IТm convinced there’s just too much pressure to take] IТve felt this way before So insecure
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Discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me Distracting reacting Against my will I stand beside my own reflection ItТs haunting how I canТt seem To find myself again My walls are closing in [Without a sense of confidence IТm convinced there’s just too much pressure to take] IТve felt this way before So insecure…
Chorus (repeat until end)
ThereТs something inside me that pulls beneath the surface Consuming confusing This lack of self control I fear is never ending Controlling (whispered during chorus)
Runaway
Graffiti decorations Underneath a sky of dust 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
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
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
Chorus
I Gonna run away and never say goodbye (Gonna run away… Gonna run away…) (Gonna run away… Gonna run away…)
I Gonna run away and never wonder why (Gonna run away… Gonna run away…) (Gonna run away… Gonna run away…)
I Gonna run away and open up my mind (Gonna run away… Gonna run away…) (Gonna run away… Gonna run away…) (Gonna run away… Gonna run away…) (Gonna run away… Gonna run away…)
By Myself
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 redhanded? 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 fasade 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 (myself)
Chorus
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 (2x)
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 (2x)
In The End
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
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
A Place For My Head
I watch how the moon sits in the sky 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
Chorus: 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
Chorus
You try to take the best of me Go away (8x)
Chorus
Pre chorus (2x)
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 (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
Moving all around Screaming of the ups and downs 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 (2x)
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)
Cure For The Itch
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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
Pre chorus: (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 (2x)
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
Pre chorus
Chorus (2x)
We’re all out of time, this is how we find how it all unwinds The sacrifice of hiding in a lie We’re all out of time, this is how we find how it all unwinds The sacrifice is never knowing
