I can see that glimmer in your eye when you look my way. That fear you hide inside, it glows from behind your crooked smile. And all those around you reflect that shame that pains you. It eats you alive, it twists your frustration towards those on which you prey... now I make you feel that pain you put me through. Do you know what it's like to walk alone? You don't even know my name, but I could never forget your face. The way you beat me, make me bleed to feed your ego, but it's your ego that bleeds once you're made to know the truth. When the prey you seek... seeks to prey on you. Look around you, see the path that lies behind you. Insecurity is your enemy as the walls close in around you... feel the pressure, feel the pressure as it steals your last breath. Look around you, see the path that lies behind you. Look around you, your walls are closing in now. Feel the pressure... feel the pressure
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Everyone but me is to blame, and there's no need for me to change cause I can turn my back and kiss the problems of the world goodbye... It's my self-fulfilling prophecy. I can't see, but that can't be because I've got my eyes shut tight. And everybody around me is wrong, but that's because I'm always right. I'll stand up and demand my rights, unless I have to fight. And I'll back up all the things I say, but not today... If I had a mind to speak, then I would surely speak my mind. And if you have some time to waste, then I will gladly waste your time. I fulfill my self-fulfilling prophecy. Everyone but me is to blame, and there's no need for me to change cause I can turn my back and kiss the problems of the world goodbye.
Paint Me Red These days, they weigh so heavy on my back. Little red demons in my head attack me, make me question. Why do I stand here all by myself with a smile so out of fashion? And I can feel the sting of angry minds and jaded eyes... This pain that makes me know I'm still alive... Yet this curse still makes me find the strength to smile. It seems like such a shame, all this energy gone to waste. Little red demons in my head attack me, make me question. Why... This pain that makes me know I'm still alive. This curse still makes me find the strength to smile.
Dogs Will Bark If you want to take away every chance I have to win... Don't be surprised when I lose over and over again. If you take away my choices then you leave me no choice, if you want to hush the words I say, if you want to hush my voice... Slam the door in my face, but I'll keep knocking until you let me in. Knock me on my back, but I'll rise again. Your empty words say so much to me. I choose to walk alone in your world where ignorance reigns supreme. Dogs will bark. Come and take me... dogs will bark. Try and make me... dogs will bark. Come and take me... dogs will bark. Try and break me... Dogs will bark.
Set adrift, endless into the rat race. Reaching out for a helping foot to the face. Paralyzed by your man-made fear. I can't ignore the feeling that the end is near. All your hatred, all the lies... your ignorance, a shadowcast unto our lives. No apologies accepted. Broken ties not mended. Right to life rejected... through my life descended. No generation lost, just one led astray. No aspirations, just life filled with betrayal.
If i stood two feet from your face, screaming, would you hear me? if i laid my hands upon you, choke you, rip you, hit you, trip you, would you feel me? sounds of silence... i do believe that i have been through this all before. but i can still hear the sound of your voice. it's calling out my name but i can't seem to find my way.... the continuum. if i jumped up and down, waved my arms all around the sky, would you see me? if i asked you why do you do those things you do, could you tell me? sounds of silence make me deaf. complete the cycle, I've been running around in circles. I've been lost and I've been found and I've been lost again. when will this come around? sounds of silence... i do believe that i have been through this all before. but i can still hear the sound of your voice. it's calling out my name but i can't seem to find my way. find my way back home.
Eternal Alienating, i will never be free. I've been locking myself inside. all this time, searching for something that's right outside my door. but when i hear your name i just wish it all away. I'm not looking but i still see, I'm not listening but i still hear. i feel even though you're not here. forever i fear you, fear me. i don't want to live forever. everyday i see your face, lying awake. i can feel your embrace crush me. i can't trust me, trust you. see me point my hatred at you. every time i hear your name, when i hear your name i just wish it all away.
Drifting... two lives pass each other by and i ask why even when we're home i feel so lonely but we lock ourselves in separate rooms. through walls i hear you speak at me, and it's funny i can't recall, the last time we shared a smile. these empty words they come from loaded minds. all of my persistence is so useless when you're so resistant. in the distance i can feel the pressures of our differences... we drift. so slow, days go by as we pretend to know each other and i can see you ignore how we've been killing one another. we lock ourselves in separate rooms. through walls i hear you speak at me, and it's funny i can't recall, the last time we cracked a smile. these empty words they come from loaded minds. all of my persistence is so useless when you're so resistant. in the distance i can feel the pressures of our differences... we drift.
Never before have I felt so filled with life And I know it's taken some time, but now I realize That I am inspired by what lies behind those big bright eyes.
I'm all smiles, care free Walking around with a frown that I turned upside down... sunshine 'Cause I got sunshine on my mind My sun shines bright even when there's clouds in the sky And you know I'm there for you anytime you need me.
Believe that memories remind me Thoughts of you inside me, remain so warm and friendly Forever neverending... no.
Special thoughts of a certain someone, Bring to my mind, sunshine When it all comes to us everything's okay Making those rainy days go away.
Outstretched fingers gone numb from the emptiness of your touch. One day at a time. One day at a time. One day at a time. Forgive if you can I've lost my mind. Outstretched fingers gone numb from the emptiness of your touch and now i fall short of my potential. Half a man left to withstand the thoughts of what could have been...
