I Bite

Force yourself under my skin

Tell me how it is

How it’s gonna be

Make your way into my core

Tell me what I need

What I shouldn’t be

How could I not think to ask you first?

 

What do you have to do

To do, with me?

What makes you think you have the right,

To tell me how to sleep, how to fight

You’ve the steel set, but I’m still gonna take a bite.

 

Make up my mind

Without you how I find

The strength to carry on

Well really what would I do

Without you to make it harder for me

Give me something to protest

Give me something to hate

 

What do you have to do

To do, with me?

What makes you think you have the right,

To tell me how to sleep, how to fight

You’ve the steel set, but I’m still gonna take a bite.

The Basement Life

Stare at the ceiling, made a new friend

With myself

Read the paper, criticize the nature

I really know nothing about

 

Is it possible to die

From never coming alive

This dormant path

The basement life

Is it possible to die

Without ever coming alive

This vacant path

The basement life

The basement life

 

No one to catch me, when I keep falling

Down the stairs

It doesn’t make me nervous, knowing I know no one

Who’s ever given a damn

 

Is it possible to die

From never coming alive

This dormant path

The basement life

Is it possible to die

Without ever coming alive

This vacant path

The basement life

The basement life

 

Undergound

It’s possible, it’s possible

Underground

It’s possible, it’s possible

That I, will never see the sun

In your eyes, That I

Will never find the one

That’ll make me compromise

But that’s okay

Cause down here I’m the only to please

I’m the only who can make me cry

Underground

It’s possible, it’s possible

 

Is it possible to die

From never coming alive

This dormant path

The basement life

Is it possible to die

Without ever coming alive

This vacant path

The basement life

The basement life

What Makes You Make Me

You’ve got nothing special

About you

That’s plain to see

But still I’m drawn to you

Like a twisted gravity

Cause I’ve gotten nervous

Everytime

You’re not worth this

State of mind

 

What makes you

What makes you

Make me insecure

What make you

What makes you

Make me want you more

What makes you hard to look away from

Is what makes it hard to look at all

 

I’ve got nothing special about me

That’s plain to see

But still I haveta ask

If we could ever be

Cause I get nervous

Everytime

But I still try to catch your eye

 

What makes you

What makes you

Make me insecure

What make you

What makes you

Make me want you more

What makes you hard to look away from

Is what makes it hard to look at all

 

You’ve got the smallest smile

When you make me die inside

It’s like you’re trying to tell me

That you knew it the whole time

 

What makes you

What makes you

Make me insecure

What make you

What makes you

Make me want you more

What makes you hard to look away from

Is what makes it hard to look at all

Kryptonite

So I’m just your yesterday

That’s all I’ll ever be

Don’t look for sadness in my face

That’s where it’ll never be

It was never puzzle piec-y

I was never your kryptonite

But when you told me I was

It crippled me

 

You’ll say, yeah we had a scene, once

About me to girl on your arm,

But I’ll never acknowledge that we ever did

Cause the girl you thought you loved,

Just wasn’t me.

Resist

The wind stole your caution

I understand

Took all your patience

Right from your hands

But you can’t it back from the devil,

Now I mean your soul,

But you throw it around like a hollow anvil,

Lands on your head you’re gonna feel the blow

 

Don’t you have any resistance

To something with big words and big arms to take you in

Don’t you have any resistance

To something that won’t promise it won’t kill you by accident

Dont you have any resistance

Dont you have any resistance

 

The wind the stole your caution

This is an offshoot

I understand

Of you’re own pride in making

Selfish demands

But you can’t get off your own leash

And the truth will never set you free

Cause their lies are all hooked in your skin

I’d say cut your losses but you’ve still got no desire to leave

 

Don’t you have any resistance

To something with big words and big arms to take you in

Don’t you have any resistance

To something that won’t promise it won’t kill you by accident

Dont you have any resistance

Dont you have any resistance

 

What’s appealing about their cage of privilege

What’s appealing about their teeth so white

What’s appealing about having their lock and no key

What’s appealing about their need to bite

 

Don’t you have any resistance

To something with big words and big arms to take you in

Don’t you have any resistance

To something that won’t promise it won’t kill you by accident

Dont you have any resistance

Dont you have any resistance

Snuffed

When we were young

We sat in castles made of cards,

Floated in waves of lovers arms,

But you made friends with the undertow

I couldn’t reach you anymore

You wanna know how far I’ll go

Can’t say I’m not scared I’ll go your way

 

Out, like a light

You were gone,

You were snuffed,

Like the night turns to dawn

It was over, it was done

We’re snuffed.

 

The pictures are in a box

Under the bed I make

Of me and you in a land

Where we would never change

But you grew and I couldn’t keep up

Couldn’t twist your way anymore

So now I look at those pictures

And I wonder how you went

 

Out, like a light

You were gone,

You were snuffed,

Like the night turns to dawn

It was over, it was done

We’re snuffed.

 

I breathe in the ashes

I take in the silence

I’ll never forget how we used to be

So alive and everything

But I can’t follow you to the dark

(I breathe in the ashes)

(I breathe in the the ashes)

I breathe

 

Out, like a light

You were gone,

You were snuffed,

Like the night turns to dawn

It was over, it was done

You’re over, it’s done

You’re gone,

You’re gone

We’re snuffed.

 

When we were young,

We sat in castles in castles made of cards,

We floated into the lovers’ arms,

But you made friends, with the undertow

With the undertow

Young And Lost

She’s been eighteen

For seven months now

But still she can’t seem

To figure anything out

 

Her wrists tied by

Indecision

She’s walked a mile in circles

Oh it’s devastating

To be young and lost

It’s Not Me

So you want somebody to free you

Somebody to make you feel like you’re not so alone

I can’t free you

If you think you’re alone who am I to try and change your mind

 

The person that you’re looking for

When you look into my eyes

The person you hold closer

When you’re sleeping nice at night

I don’t how to be them for you

You must know by now it’s not right

It’s not me

It’s not me

 

So you somebody to change you

Somebody to show you you’re not so wrong

But I can’t change you

I can’t change myself, to be something for you that I’m not

 

The person that you’re looking for

When you look into my eyes

The person you hold closer

When you’re sleeping nice at night

I don’t how to be them for you

You must know by now it’s not right

It’s not me

It’s not me

 

You need someone to fix you

You want someone to care more than I do

Show more than I show

I’m silent but I give a shit

But don’t expect to force my affection down your throat

For you to see it

It’s not me

Who’s gonna free you

It’s not me who’s gonna change you

It’s not me you’re looking for

 

The person that you’re looking for

When you look into my eyes

The person you hold closer

When you’re sleeping nice at night

I don’t how to be them for you

You must know by now it’s not right

It’s not me

It’s not me

Burning Out

I’ve thrown my fists in your face

I’ve hit the walls in my way

But I’m getting nowhere fighting everyone

I’ve swallowed my rage

Pointed fingers in your face

Time to step back and see I’ve been wrong

 

I’m sorry for lighting the world on fire

But these flames are bigger than I am, now

I need your thirst, all of our water

To save my soul from burning out

 

Oh I’ve been keeping my head

But something you said

Just made forget how to breathe

I’m sorry I’m quick,

To let the match hit the wick,

Please don’t give up on me yet

 

I’m sorry for lighting the world on fire

But these flames are bigger than I am, now

I need your thirst, all of our water

To save my soul from burning out

 

Cool me down

Drown me out

Don’t leave me alone to

Sit here in my anger

I’ll put out all the fires with my tears

Oh can’t I try it

I’m scorching everything I’ve ever loved

The silence is maddening

When I’m by myself

I have no one else to blame

 

I’m sorry for lighting the world on fire

But these flames are bigger than I am, now

I need your thirst, all of our water

To save my soul from burning out

F Word

I move mountains in my head

And I watch the sun go down

You were the best secret I’ve ever kept

But now your lights are out

No ones home where I followed you

There’s nobody to cry on

I put my faith in you

And you just put me on

 

The fear in my face should look familiar to you

Have you forgotten your own fate

The fear in my face should look familiar to you

Have you forgotten your own lessons

 

I squirm under all your pressure

And I scream when you go deaf

You were the best thing to the naked eye

But your potential has no depth

No one goes where I followed you

The dark alley of your mind

I kept my faith in you

And you kept the pieces of me I couldn’t find

 

The fear in my face should look familiar to you

Have you forgotten your own fate

The fear in my face should look familiar to you

Have you forgotten your own lessons

 

This isn’t a game you can play to win

I’m not a fool

I’ve just been playing one,

But it’s really always been you.

I’m not something you can bend and break

Into whatever you think you need today

I’ve tried to bend with you but even when I break away

 

The fear in my face should look familiar to you

Have you forgotten your own fate

The fear in my face should look familiar to you

Have you forgotten your own lessons

The Struggle

I could stand in the ashes my whole life

Look at my scars wonder what I could’ve said right

But that would be letting you win after letting you in

You took the door to the left when you were all I had left

 

If you don’t care, then why should I

Struggle with this monster inside

When I know you’re not, you don’t care, you don’t care

If you don’t care, then why should I

Force my words farther inside

To make you feel like it’s not your fault, you don’t care, you don’t care

 

You swear I’ve got in crosshairs

That I’m aiming to put you to bed here

But I’ve been the one who’s been laying down

I’ve never looked for more than peace, is that what I found?

 

If you don’t care, then why should I

Struggle with this monster inside

When I know you’re not, you don’t care, you don’t care

If you don’t care, then why should I

Force my words farther inside

To make you feel like it’s not your fault, you don’t care, you don’t care

 

It’s hard to look with stinging eyes

At what we built burn

For me it is, I guess maybe it’s different for you now

Isn’t that what you said?

That it’s just not the same,

I carry your blame wherever I go

But still I know…

 

You don’t care, so why should I

Struggle with this monster inside

But I know you

If you don’t care, then why should I

Struggle with this monster inside

When I know you’re not, you don’t care, you don’t care

If you don’t care, then why should I

Force my words farther inside

To make you feel like it’s not your fault, you don’t care, you don’t care

Fight And Never Forgive

If you drag me away now

I’ll fight and never forgive you

I won’t forget how

I told you how home I felt here

How little you cared

How stupid you thought I was

 

How am I sposed to learn what’s wrong

For me, for me

How am I sposed to be something

That I can’t even decide

How am I sposed to grow, stand on my own

When you won’t let me try

 

If you make me sit on my hands

I will never sit still

I will never understand

I’ll tell you how at home I felt there

How little it seems like you care

How stupid I know you think I am

 

How am I sposed to learn what’s wrong

For me, for me

How am I sposed to be something

That I can’t even decide

How am I sposed to grow, stand on my own

When you won’t let me try

 

If I got away tonight

I would start the car

Pick a place to run and hide

Sleep under the stars

Dreaming of how I let you down

And how I’ll go so far

 

How am I sposed to learn what’s wrong

For me, for me

How am I sposed to be something

That I can’t even decide

How am I sposed to grow, stand on my own

When you won’t let me try