Papercut:

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 they close their 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


The sun goes down
I feel the light betray me

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


Shut up when I'm talking to you

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
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

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 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 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


CHORUS:
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)

Crawling:

Crawling in my skin
Comsuming all I feel
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


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...


*** on the cd, they actually sing this line:
"these wounds, they will not heal" instead
of "consuming all i feel" ***

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 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

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 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 facade 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

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
And lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter


One thing/I don't know why
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 put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There's only one thing you should know...

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 life to the moon assuming
The moon's gonna 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 that 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


You try to take the best of me
Go away

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


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 tightly shut/Looking through 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


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


Now you got me caught in the act
You bring the thought back
I'm telling you that
I see it right through you

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
I've tried/Like you
To do everything you wanted to
This is/The last time
I'll take the blame for the sake of being with you

Sometimes I need to remember just to breathe
Sometimes I need you to stay away from me
Sometimes I’m in disbelief, I didn’t know
Somehow I need you to go


Don’t stay
Forget our memories
Forget our possibilities
What you were changing me into
Just give me myself back and...
Don’t stay
Forget our memories
Forget our possibilities
Take all your faithlessness with you
Just give me myself back and...
Don’t stay


Sometimes I feel like I’ve trusted you too well
Sometimes I just feel like screaming at myself
Sometimes I’m in disbelief, I didn’t know
Somehow I need to be alone


Don’t stay
Forget our memories
Forget our possibilities
What you were changing me into
Just give me myself back and...
Don’t stay
Forget our memories
Forget our possibilities
Take all your faithlessness with you
Just give me myself back and...
Don’t stay


I don’t need you anymore
I don’t want to be ignored
I don’t need one more day
Of you wasting me away
I don’t need you anymore
I don’t want to be ignored
I don’t need one more day
Of you wasting me away...
With no apologies


Don't stay
Forget our memories
Forget our possibilities
What you were changing me into
Just give me myself back and...
Don’t stay
Forget our memories
Forget our possibilities
Take all your faithlessness with you
Just give me myself back and...
Don’t stay (3x)

Somewhere I Belong:

(When this began)
I had nothing to say
And I’d get lost in the nothingness inside of me
(I was confused)
And I’d let it all out to find
That I’m not the only person with these things in mind
(Inside of me)
But all the vacancy the words revealed
Is the only real thing that I’ve got left to feel
(Nothing to lose)
Just stuck, hollow and alone
And the fault is my own and the fault is my own


I want to heal
I want to feel what I thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain I’ve held so long
(Erase all the pain ‘til it’s gone)
I want to heal
I want to feel like I’m close to something real
I want to find something I’ve wanted all along
Somewhere I belong...


And I’ve got nothing to say
I can’t believe I didn’t fall right down on my face
(I was confused)
Looking everywhere only to find
That it’s not the way I had imagined it all in my mind
(So what am I?)
What do I have but negativity?
‘Cause I can’t justify the way everyone is looking at me
(Nothing to lose)
Nothing to gain, hollow and alone
And the fault is my own and the fault is my own

I want to heal
I want to feel what I thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain I’ve held so long
(Erase all the pain ‘til it’s gone)
I want to heal
I want to feel like I’m close to something real
I want to find something I’ve wanted all along
Somewhere I belong


I will never know myself until I do this on my own
And I will never feel anything else until my wounds are healed
I will never be anything til I break away from me
I will break away
I’ll find myself today


I want to heal
I want to feel what I thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain I’ve held so long
(Erase all the pain ‘til it’s gone)
I want to heal
I want to feel like I’m close to something real
I want to find something I’ve wanted all along
Somewhere I belong


I want to heal
I want to feel like I’m somewhere I belong
I want to heal
I want to feel like I’m somewhere I belong
Somewhere I belong

When I pretend everything is what I want it to be
I look exactly like what you had always wanted to see
When I pretend I can forget about the criminal I am
Stealing second after second just cuz I know I can
But I can’t pretend this is the way it’ll stay
I’m just (trying to bend the truth)
I can’t pretend I’m who you want me to be
So I’m (lying my way from you)


(No, no turning back now)
I wanna be pushed aside
So let me go
(No, no turning back now)
Let me take back my life
I’d rather be all alone
(No turning back now)
Anywhere on my own
Cuz I can see
(No, no turning back now)
The very worst part of you
Is me


I remember what they taught to me
Remember condescending talk of who I ought to be
Remember listening to all of that and this again
So I pretended up a person who was fitting in
And now you think this person really is me
And I’m (trying to bend the truth)
The more I push the more I’m pulling away
Cuz I’m (lying my way from you)


(No, no turning back now)
I wanna be pushed aside
So let me go
(No, no turning back now)
Let me take back my life
I’d rather be all alone
(No turning back now)
Anywhere on my own
Cuz I can see
(No, no turning back now)
The very worst part of you...
The very worst part of you
Is me


This isn’t what I wanted to be
I never thought that what I said
Would have you running from me
Like this (4x)


You!
(No turning back now)
I wanna be pushed aside
So let me go
(No, no turning back now)
Let me take back my life
I’d rather be all alone
(No turning back now)
Anywhere on my own
Cuz I can see
(No, no turning back now)
The very worst part of you
The very worst part of you
Is me

Hit the Floor:

There are just too many times
That people have tried to look inside of me
Wondering what I think of you
And I protect you out of courtesy
Too many times that I’ve held on
When I needed to push away
Afraid to say what was on my mind
Afraid to say what I need to say


Too many things that you’ve
Said about me when I’m not around
You think having the upper hand
Means you’ve got to keep putting me down
But I’ve had too many stand-offs with you
It’s about as much as I can stand
So I’m waiting until the upper hand is mine


One minute you’re on top
The next you’re not, watch it drop
Making your heart stop
Just before you hit the floor
One minute you’re on top
The next you’re not, missed your shot
Making your heart stop
You think you won
And then it’s all gone


So many people like me
Put so much trust in all your lies
So concerned with what you think
To just say what we feel inside
So many people like me
Walk on eggshells all day long
All I know is that all I want
Is to feel like I'm not stepped on
There are so many things you say
That make me feel you’ve crossed the line
What goes up will surely fall
And I’m counting down the time
Cuz I have so many stand-offs with you
It’s about as much as I can stand
So I’m waiting until the upper hand is mine


One minute you’re on top
The next you’re not, watch it drop
Making your heart stop
Just before you hit the floor
One minute you’re on top
The next you’re not, missed your shot
Making your heart stop
You think you won
And then it’s all gone(4x)
Now it’s all gone


I know I’ll never trust a single thing you say
You knew your lies would divide us but you lied anyway
And all the lies have got you floating up above us all
But what goes up has got to fall


One minute you’re on top
The next you’re not, watch it drop
Making your heart stop
Just before you hit the floor
One minute you’re on top
The next you’re not, missed your shot
Making your heart stop
You think you won
And then it’s all gone (4x)
Now it’s all gone

Easier to run:

It’s easier to run
Replacing this pain with something numb
It’s so much easier to go
Than face all this pain here all alone


Something has been taken
From deep inside of me
A secret I’ve kept locked away
No one can ever see
Wounds so deep they never show
They never go away
Like moving pictures in my head
For years and years they’ve played


If I could change, I would
Take back the pain, I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made, I would
If I could stand up and take the blame, I would
If I could take all the shame to the grave, I would
If I could change, I would
Take back the pain, I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made, I would
If I could stand up and take the blame, I would
I would take all my shame to the grave


It’s easier to run
Replacing this pain with something numb
It’s so much easier to go
Than face all this pain here all alone


Sometimes I remember the darkness of my past
Bringing back these memories
I wish I didn’t have
Sometimes I think of letting go
And never looking back
And never moving forward
So there’d never be a past


If I could change, I would
Take back the pain, I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made, I would
If I could stand up and take the blame, I would
If I could take all the shame to the grave, I would
If I could change, I would
Take back the pain, I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made, I would
If I could stand up and take the blame, I would
I would take all my shame to the grave


Just washing it aside
All of the helplessness inside
Pretending I don’t feel misplaced
Is so much simpler than change


It’s easier to run
Replacing this pain with something numb
It’s so much easier to go
Than face all this pain here all alone


It’s easier to run
If I could change, I would
Take back the pain, I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made


It’s easier to go
If I could change, I would
Take back the pain, I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made, I would
If I could stand up and take the blame, I would
I would take all my shame to the grave

faint:

(I am) a little bit of loneliness
A little bit of disregard
Handful of complaints
But I can’t help the fact
That everyone can see these scars
(I am) what I want you to want
What I want you to feel
But it’s like no matter what I do
I can’t convince you
To just believe this is real
(So I) let go watching you
Turn your back like you always do
Face away and pretend that I’m not
But I’ll be here cuz you’re all that I’ve got


I can’t feel the way I did before
Don’t turn your back on me
I won’t be ignored
Time won’t heal this damage anymore
Don’t turn your back on me
I won’t be ignored


(I am) a little bit insecure
A little unconfident
Cuz you don’t understand
I do what I can
But sometimes I don’t make sense
(I am) what you never want to say
But I’ve never had a doubt
It’s like no matter what I do
I can’t convice you
For once just to hear me out
(So I) let go watching you
Turn your back like you always do
Face away and pretend that I’m not
But I’ll be here cuz you’re all that I got


I can’t feel the way I did before
Don’t turn your back on me
I won’t be ignored
Time won’t heal this damage anymore
Don’t turn your back on me
I won’t be ignored

No
Hear me out now!
You’re gonna to listen to me
Like it or not
Right now
Hear me out now!
You’re gonna listen to me
Like it or not
Right now!


I can’t feel the way I did before
Don’t turn your back on me
I won’t be ignored


I can’t feel the way I did before
Don’t turn your back on me
I won’t be ignored
Time won’t heal this damage anymore
Don’t turn your back on me
I won’t be ignored


I can’t feel...
Don’t turn your back on me
I won’t be ignored
Time won’t heal...
Don’t turn your back on me
I won’t be ignored

Figure.09:

Nothing ever stops all these thoughts
And the pain attached to them
Sometimes I wonder why this is happening
It’s like nothing I can do will distract me
When I think of how I shot myself in the back again
Cuz from the infinite words I could say
I put all the pain you gave to me on display
But didn’t realize instead of setting it free
I took what I hated and made it a part of me


(It never goes away, never goes away)


And now...
You’ve become a part of me
(You’ll always be right here)
You’ve become a part of me
(You’ll always be my fear)
I can’t separate
(Myself from what I’ve done)
Giving up a part of me
I’ve let myself become you


Hearing your name, the memories come back again
I remember when it started happening
I’d see you in every thought I had
And then, my thoughts slowly found words attached to them
And I knew as they escaped away
I was committing myself to them
And everyday I regret saying those things
Cuz now I see that
I took what I hated and made it a part of me


(It never goes away, never goes away)


And now...
You’ve become a part of me
(You’ll always be right here)
You’ve become a part of me
(You’ll always be my fear)
I can’t separate
(Myself from what I’ve done)
Giving up a part of me
I’ve let myself become you


(Never goes away, never goes away)
It never goes away, it never goes away


Get away from me!
Give me my space back, you got to just (go)
Everything comes down to memories of (you)
I’ve kept it in but now I’m letting you (know)
I’ve let you go
So get away from (me)
Give me my space back, you got to just (go)
Everything comes down to memories of (you)
I’ve kept it in but now I’m letting you (know)
I’ve let you go


And now...
You’ve become a part of me
(You’ll always be right here)
You’ve become a part of me
(You’ll always be my fear)
I can’t separate
(Myself from what I’ve done)
Giving up a part of me
I’ve let myself become you
I’ve let myself become you
I’ve let myself become lost
Inside these thoughts of you
Giving up a part of me
I’ve let myself become you

Figure.09:

Nothing ever stops all these thoughts
And the pain attached to them
Sometimes I wonder why this is happening
It’s like nothing I can do will distract me
When I think of how I shot myself in the back again
Cuz from the infinite words I could say
I put all the pain you gave to me on display
But didn’t realize instead of setting it free
I took what I hated and made it a part of me


(It never goes away, never goes away)


And now...
You’ve become a part of me
(You’ll always be right here)
You’ve become a part of me
(You’ll always be my fear)
I can’t separate
(Myself from what I’ve done)
Giving up a part of me
I’ve let myself become you


Hearing your name, the memories come back again
I remember when it started happening
I’d see you in every thought I had
And then, my thoughts slowly found words attached to them
And I knew as they escaped away
I was committing myself to them
And everyday I regret saying those things
Cuz now I see that
I took what I hated and made it a part of me


(It never goes away, never goes away)


And now...
You’ve become a part of me
(You’ll always be right here)
You’ve become a part of me
(You’ll always be my fear)
I can’t separate
(Myself from what I’ve done)
Giving up a part of me
I’ve let myself become you


(Never goes away, never goes away)
It never goes away, it never goes away


Get away from me!
Give me my space back, you got to just (go)
Everything comes down to memories of (you)
I’ve kept it in but now I’m letting you (know)
I’ve let you go
So get away from (me)
Give me my space back, you got to just (go)
Everything comes down to memories of (you)
I’ve kept it in but now I’m letting you (know)
I’ve let you go


And now...
You’ve become a part of me
(You’ll always be right here)
You’ve become a part of me
(You’ll always be my fear)
I can’t separate
(Myself from what I’ve done)
Giving up a part of me
I’ve let myself become you
I’ve let myself become you
I’ve let myself become lost
Inside these thoughts of you
Giving up a part of me
I’ve let myself become you

From the Inside:

I don’t know who to trust
No surprise
(Everyone feels so far away from me)
Heavy thoughts sift through dust
And the lies


Trying not to break but I’m so tired of this deceit
Everytime I try to make myself get back up on my feet
All I ever think about is this
All the tiring time between
And how
Trying to put my trust in you
Just takes so much out of me


Take everything from the inside
And throw it all away
Cuz I swear for the last time
I won’t trust myself with you


Tension is building inside
Steadily
(Everyone feels so far away from me)
Heavy thoughts forcing their way out of me


Trying not to break but I’m so tired of this deceit
Everytime I try to make myself get back up on my feet
All I ever think about is this
All the tiring time between
And how
Trying to put my trust in you
Just takes so much out of me


Take everything from the inside
And throw it all away
Cuz I swear for the last time
I won’t trust myself with you


I won’t waste myself on you!
You!
You!
Waste myself on you!
You!
You!


I’ll take everything from the inside
And throw it all away
Cuz I swear for the last time
I won’t trust myself with you


Everything from the inside
And just throw it all away
Cuz I swear for the last time
I won’t trust myself with you!
You!
You!

Nobody's Listening:

Yo, peep the style and the kids checking for it
The number one question is how could you ignore it
We drop right back in the cut over basement tracks
With raps that got you backing this up like (rewind that)
We’re just rolling with the rhythm
Rise from the ashes of stylistic division
With this non-stop lyrics of life living
Not to be forgotten but still unforgiven
But in the meantime there are those
Who want to talk this and that so I suppose
That it gets to a point where feelings gotta get hurt
And get dirty with the people spreading the dirt, it goes


Try to give you warning
But everyone ignores me
(Told you everything loud and clear)
But nobody’s listening
Call to you so clearly
But you don’t want to hear me
(Told you everything loud and clear)
But nobody’s listening

I got a heart full of pain
Head full of stress
Handful of anger held in my chest
And everything left’s a waste of time
I hate my rhymes but hate everyone else’s more
I’m riding on the back of this pressure
Guessing that it’s better I can't keep myself together
Because all of this stress gave me something to write on
The pain gave me something I could set my sights on
You never forget the blood, sweat and tears
The uphill struggle over years
The fear and trash talking and the people it was to
And the people that started it just like you


Try to give you warning
But everyone ignores me
(Told you everything loud and clear)
But nobody’s listening
Call to you so clearly
But you don’t want to hear me
(Told you everything loud and clear)
But nobody’s listening


I got a heart full of pain
Head full of stress
Handful of anger held in my chest
Uphill struggle, blood, sweat and tears
Nothing to gain, everything to fear
Heart full of pain, head full of stress
Handful of anger held in my chest
Uphill struggle, blood, sweat and tears
Nothing to gain, everything to fear
Heart full of pain (Heart ful of pain...)


Try to give you warning
But everyone ignores me
(Told you everything loud and clear)
But nobody’s listening
Call to you so clearly
But you don’t want to hear me
(Told you everything loud and clear)
But nobody’s listening


I got a heart full of pain
Head full of stress
(Nobody’s listening)
Handful of anger held in my chest
(Nobody’s listening)
Uphill struggle, blood, sweat and tears
(Nobody’s listening)
Nothing to gain, everything to fear
(Nobody’s listening)

Numb:

I’m tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless
Lost under the surface
Don’t know what you’re expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes


(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow, we’re just caught in the undertow)


I’ve become so numb
I can’t feel you there
I've become so tired
So much more aware
I’m becoming this
All I want to do
Is be more like me
And be less like you


Can’t you see that you’re smothering me
Holding too tightly
Afraid to lose control
Cuz everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you


(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow, we’re just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take


I’ve become so numb
I can’t feel you there
I've become so tired
So much more aware
I’m becoming this
All I want to do
Is be more like me
And be less like you


And I know...
I may end up failing too
But I know...
You were just like me
With someone disappointed in you


I’ve become so numb
I can’t feel you there
I've become so tired
So much more aware
I’m becoming this
All I want to do
Is be more like me
And be less like you


I’ve become so numb
I can’t feel you there
(I’m tired of being what you want me to be)
I’ve become so numb
I can’t feel you there
I’m tired of being what you want me to be