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Are the answers obvious, because to me it seems unclear.
And did you come to bury us, or show us how to feel.
Cause I’ve been clawing at these walls for hours on end
Scrawling words and gibberish, but to me it all makes sense.

How could you know, there’s nothing to say
How could you know, the error in my ways

Shed a tear, and close your eyes, cause tonight it’s all for you.
To make good on all those things that they have promised you
Cause I’ve been clawing at these walls for hours on end
Scrawling words and gibberish, but to me it all makes sense.

Come down, you’ll never take this away from me.
Somehow, you’ll never take this away from me.

I feel so alone, but I feel alive.

Did you shoot for the moon, did you land in the gutter?
With your feet sopping wet, did you duck, did you cover?
You gathered the facts, did you pack them inside you?
With all that behind, still facing the tide you’re…

Daring me to breathe, daring me to breathe, keep on telling me it’s easy
Learing to release, learning to release, so tell me

Is this a recipe for everything that stops me, even though my feet keep moving, darling I don’t know.

Please pardon my haste, it’s more than catch phrase
Solutions a maze, all we are is, running in circles

What’s it for, don’t step away, pray your gods, what do they say, this charmed life or so I’ve heard, so tell me…

Is this a recipe for everything that stops me, even though my feet keep moving, darling I don’t know.
And if it’s up to me, I’d rather not steal this moment, even if I stand alone, darling I don’t know.

Where the water goes, when it rains
But two inches could, take everything
So while you’re wondering why
For the moment, I’m here by your side.

My friend it’s getting late, but I wear no watch,
You can have a cigarette, there’s no need to talk
And whatever you’re holding back, with your eyes all sunken black
I fear without some surgery, your heart just might collapse.

I’m sorry to meet you on these you terms
I have no right to sing or say these words

This is a crucial step to recover things we lost in the fire
This is the way it stands on thin strips between dangling wire

This disarray, selfishly

For all your basic needs, trust me, you will find televised sermons
And in your time of need, and the long nights, they will help to guide you

Fear no more, it’s okay, I’m right here, waiting.

That doesn’t mean I know what to do
It’s not so clear black and white
And I’ll breathe the same air as you
As long as our lungs continue to fight.

I fall in love to quick it’s easy, and you break hearts like stones and sticks.
You left my place; I medicated, turned out the lights and wiped my face.

Morning comes, to bright for curtains, shut the blinds and close my eyes
And these dreams take me to places where I can seem to rewind

You were searching for no one
You were searching for you

There’s a car coming, coming to take me away.

I feel my heart about to burst, but that don’t mean much to you.
So fondly think of me, cheers too.

We fall in love too quick, it’s easy.

A shed full of guns, you’ve been mouthing off to everyone
Someone’s going to get hurt.
The time of their lives, they’re going to take a ride and everything
Seems to be all right.

There’s no reason to be scared, it’s never really up to us.

Hey mister, where are you taking us, this isn’t the way home.
He said, “Son I’ve reached my breaking point, and it’s nothing personal.”

There’s no reason to be scared, it’s never really up to us.

The shot’s freed the birds; they flew from their tree, echoes in the night air.
Everything in its right place no matter how it got there.

There’s no reason to be scared, it’s never really up to us.

But it doesn’t make it fair; it doesn’t give us back what it takes,
Can someone relate, can someone relate?
And I’m losing ground when I sleep, and it’s eating at me,
It’s still eating at me.

I saw a rare bird, let it fly away from here
I saw a rare bird, let it fly

Wipe the tears, they’re falling from your eyes.
Collect the pieces, they shelter your disguise.
There’s a price to pay to find out what you need.
A trail of breadcrumbs, crawl ’til you believe

Hey, it strikes me as obvious, these poisons they take their toll
Hey, it seems to be killing us, the fight to keep control
Hey, we stumble, we stall, we drown in it all, it’s always the same thing sold
But the mirror reflects all the pain and regret, tried to hide it all.

And to hide it all, behind chemicals.
And to hide it all.

Search your soul, clean the cobwebs you find.
Mend the heartache, the one that keeps you inside
Can you see the scars she left and the stories that they tell?
Take my breath away, cast it in the well.

The walls came down, you could see that I, I’ve never been so bored.
A train rolled out and through a window a sign, we’ve never been so alone

Wipe the tears, they’re falling from your eyes
Pulled the wool away, now I see through the lies.

Hey, it strikes me as obvious, these poisons they take their toll
Hey, it seems to be killing us, the fight to keep control
Hey, we stumble, we stall, we drown in it all, it’s always the same thing sold
It’s just over and over and over again, to end is to begin.

You lead the way; you left the windows open, people hoping
Is everything okay? Are the people listening, children missing?
Can they find a way, when the winds are crying, leaves all dying today?

You left the windows open

Is this just a game? Are you growing older, still playing soldier?
Who’s left to play? Is your fever breaking? Are the drugs wearing off?
Are you afraid? You were out there running, your legs still burning today.

You’re still playing soldier.
You should have told her.
You’re skin’s still cold to the touch.
You’re still playing soldier.