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

Refrain
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

Refrain

The face inside is right beneath your skin (x3)
The sun goes down
I feel the light betray me

Refrain

One Step Closer

I cannot take this anymore
Saying everything I've said before
All these words, they make no sense
I've found bliss in ignorance
Less I hear, the less you say
You'll find that out anyway
Just like before

Refrain
Everything you say to me
Take's 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've found the answers aren't so clear
Wish I could find a way to disappear
All these thoughts. they make no sense
I've found bliss in ignorance
Nothing seems to go away
Over and over again
Just like before

Refrain
Everything you say to me
Take's 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 (echo)
Shut up when I'm talking to you!
Shut up!
Shut up!
Shut up!
Shut up when I'm talking to you!
Shut up!
Shut up!
Shut up!
Shut ... UP!
I'm about to break

Refrain

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 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

Refrain

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

Refrain

No matter how far we've come
I can't wait to see tomorrow (x2)
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 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]
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
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

Refrain
Crawling in my skin
These wounds / they will not heal
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 - I'm convinced
There's just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
So insecure
Refrain
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
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
(Without a sense of confidence / I'm convinced
There's just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
So insecure...
Refrain

Runaway

Graffiti decorations
Under a sky of dust
A constant wave of tensions
On top of broken trust
The lessons that you told me
I learned were never true
Now I find myself in questions
(They point the finger at me again)
Guilty by association
(You point the finger at me again)

Refrain
I wanna runaway
Never say good-bye
I wanna know the true
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
This words were never true
Now I find myself in questions
(They point the finger at me again)
Guilty by association
(You put the finger at me again)

Refrain

I gonna run away and never say good-bye
Gonna run away (x4)
I gonna run away and never wonder why
Gonna run away (x4)
I gonna run away and open up my mind
Gonna run away (x4)

Refrain

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 façade 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

Refrain
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 (myself)
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can't rely on myself

Refrain

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
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
Refrain (x2)

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

Refrain
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

Refrain

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

Refrain

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

refrain:
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

refrain

You try to take the best of me
Go away

• Forgotten
• Refrain
• 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 (x2).
• 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 it's dark again
• Refrain
• Pont
• 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 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
• Refrain
• Pont
• Now you got me caught in the act
• You bring the thought back
• I'm telling you that
• I see it right through you (x7).
• Pont (x2).

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• 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
• Refrain
• (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
• Refrain
• 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

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• Don't Stay
• 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
• Refrain
• Don't stay
• Forget our memories
• Forget our possibilities
• What you were changing me into
• Just take myself back and
• Don't stay
• Forget our memories
• Forget our possibilities
• Take all your faithlessness with you
• Just take myself back and
• Don't stay
• Sometimes I feel like I trusted you too well
• Sometimes I just feel like strangling you myself
• Sometimes I'm in disbelief, I didn't know
• Somehow I need to be alone
• Refrain
• I don't need you anymore, 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
• Refrain
• Don't stay
• Don't stay

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• Somewhere I Belong
• (When this began)
• I had nothing to say
• And I get lost in the nothingness inside of me
• (I was confused)
• And I live it all out to find
• That I'm not the only person with these things in mind
• (Inside of me)
• But all that they can see 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
• Refrain
• 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 till 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 trust to find 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
• Refrain
• 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 till I break away from me
• I will break away and find myself today
• Refrain
• 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

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