It has been quite some time since I last felt you near me And getting out of touch has become all too familiar lately You know my heart is longing but
It's amazing, when I think that everything we had Is disappearing, I never thought freedom could be so bad Were you thinking of the future still ahead
When we start to fight and you play your stupid games The frustration sets in and I just can't think straight I know that tomorrow will bring a new day
I wish I could be the one to say this life's easy I've heard it said before We're faced with unending new theories Of how to survive, but what is survival
It's hard to take the blame but sometimes credit's due It's easier to rearrange what's wrong from what is true The focus is not on you, what part could
What do you take me for? You think I'm nothing more than who you think I am I tried to live the lie, I let that lifestyle die And now I'm something more
I can't defend every shameful mention of me It takes a long time searching before you conceive that every moment and each selection, seperate your reputation
When you strip away the outside layer don't act so surprised There might be a face that you don't even recognize Don't act so surprised We're living shallow
My eyes are open wide and I can't stand the view of what's been held inside It runs much deeper than skin, it's more than casual, and I'm defecting again
It's not getting later There's no common place And everything's taken With these expectations Of getting this right Who could avoid failure With hands
I remember when we used to think We'd hang out all our lives Yeah, things would never be the same Even now when I look back on that I think about my
Did you ever sneak outside, when you weren't supposed to Did you do those things you said you probably never would do We've all told white lies and we
You've changed so much in so little time What happened to your passion and drive for living life and living it out Has this all change from subtle doubt
Slowing down, my actions become known to me No way no how, could I have been so blind to see, what I've become Take away, I never was meaning to do And
Fast cars and guitars to play Who cares about the price we pay Good jobs for big wads to spend It's the priorities of this selfish world we live in We
It happened without warning It came so fast Unanswered questions hanging Over my head Facing changes, on my own Never helping, I'm falling back in the
As I watch the week played from my memory I can't believe I let this go The innocence is losing cover Witing for surrender of this tyranny I guess
Once again, you're trying to see what's there outside Every time, discovering a new compromise With every move you're getting closer Turning away, from