PAPERCUT:
ONE STEP CLOSER:
WITH YOU:
POINTS OF AUTHORITY:
CRAWLING:
RUNAWAY:
BY MYSELF:
IN THE END:
A PLACE FOR MY HEAD:
FORGOTTEN:
PUSHING ME AWAY:

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 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 


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 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 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... 

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

shut up when I'm talking to you 

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


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 Im pretending to be where Im not anymore 
A little taste of hypocrisy 
And Im left in the wake of the mistake / slow to react 
Even though youre so close to me 
Youre still so distant / And I cant bring you back 

Its true / the way I feel 
Was promised by your face 
The sound of your voice 
Painted on my memories 
Even if youre not with me 
Im 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 isnt real 
Now I'm trapped in this memory 
And Im left in the wake of the mistake / slow to react 
Even though youre close to me 
Youre still so distant / And I cant bring you back 

Its true / the way I feel 
Was promised by your face 
The sound of your voice 
Painted on my memories 
Even if youre not with me 
Im with you 
You / Now I see/ keeping everything inside 
You / Now I see / Even when I close my eyes 
You / Now I see/ keeping everything inside 
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 matter how far we've come 
I can't wait to see tomorrow 

With you 
You / Now I see/ keeping everything inside 
You / Now I see / Even when I close my eyes 
You / Now I see/ keeping everything inside 
You / Now I see / Even when I close my eyes



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 cant run the race 
The pace is too fast / You just cant 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 youre never wrong 
You live what you learn
You want to act like youre someone 
You live what you learn
You want someone to hurt like you 
You live what you learn
You want to share what youve been through 
You live what you learn

You love the things I say Ill do- 
The way Ill 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 youre never wrong 
You live what you learn
You want to act like youre someone 
You live what you learn
You want someone to hurt like you 
You live what you learn
You want to share what youve 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 cant run the race 
The pace is too fast / You just cant last 

Forfeit the game / Before somebody else 
Takes you out of the frame / Puts your name to shame 
Cover up your face / You cant run the race 
The pace is too fast / You just cant last 

You like to think youre never wrong 
You live what you learn
You want to act like youre someone 
You live what you learn
You want someone to hurt like you 
You live what you learn
You want to share what youve been through 
(You live what you learn) 

You like to think youre never wrong (Forfeit the game)
You live what you learn
You want to act like youre someone (Forfeit the game)
You live what you learn
You want someone to hurt like you (Forfeit the game)
You live what you learn
You want to share what youve been through 
(You live what you learn) 



CRAWLING:

Crawling in my skin 
These wounds / they will not heal 
Fear is how I fall 
Confusing what is real 

Theres something inside me that pulls beneath the surface 
Consuming / confusing 
This lack of self control I fear is never ending 
Controlling / I cant seem 
To find myself again 
My walls are closing in 
[Without a sense of confidence / Im convinced 
there's just too much pressure to take] 
Ive 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 
Its haunting how I cant seem 
To find myself again 
My walls are closing in 
[Without a sense of confidence / Im convinced 
there's just too much pressure to take] 
Ive 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 

Theres 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 


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 

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 

I gonna run away 
and never say goodbye 
Gonna run away... 4x
I gonna run away 
and never wonder why 
Gonna run away... 4x
I gonna run away 
and open up my life
Gonna run away... 4x

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 

I wanna run away 
And open up my mind 
I wanna run away 
And open up my mind 
I wanna run away 
And open up my mind 
I wanna run away 
And open up my mind 


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 cant hold on / when Im stretched so thin 
I make the right moves but Im lost within 
I put on my daily faade but then 
I just end up getting hurt again 
By myself [myself] 
I ask why, but in my mind 
I find I cant rely on myself 

I cant hold on 
To what I want when Im stretched so thin 
Its all too much to take in 
I cant hold on 
To anything watching everything spin 
With thoughts of failure sinking in 

If I 
Turn my back Im defenseless 
And to go blindly seems senseless 
If I hide my pride and let it all go on / then theyll 
Take from me till everything is gone 
If I let them go Ill be outdone 
But if I try to catch them Ill be outrun 
If Im killed by the questions like a cancer 
Then Ill be buried in the silence of the answer 
[by myself] 
I ask why, but in my mind 
I find I cant rely on myself

I cant hold on 
To what I want when Im stretched so thin 
Its all too much to take in 
I cant hold on 
To anything watching everything spin 
With thoughts of failure sinking in 

How do you think / Ive lost so much 
Im so afraid / Im out of touch 
How do you expect / I will know what to do 
When all I know / Is what you tell me to 

Dont you know 
I cant tell you how to make it go 
No matter what I do, how hard I try 
I cant seem to convince myself why 
Im stuck on the outside 

Dont you know 
I cant tell you how to make it go 
No matter what I do, how hard I try 
I cant seem to convince myself why 
Im stuck on the outside 

I cant hold on 
To what I want when Im stretched so thin 
Its all too much to take in 
I cant hold on 
To anything watching everything spin 
With thoughts of failure sinking in 

I cant hold on 
To what I want when Im stretched so thin 
Its all too much to take in 
I cant hold on 
To anything watching everything spin 
With thoughts of failure sinking in 


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 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 


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 

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 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.. WAA..

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 


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 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 


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 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 


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 



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 


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 

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


CURE FOR THE INCH:
