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

 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 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

I know I’ve got a face in me points out all the 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 they close their 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 my skin

the face inside is right beneath my skin

the face inside is right beneath my skin

 The sun goes down I feel the light betray me

The sun goes down I feel the light betray me

The sun

 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 feel the light betray me

 The sun 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 I feel the light betray me

It’s like I / can’t stop what I’m hearing within

It’s like I / can’t stop what I’m hearing within

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

Break break break break break

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

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

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

It's real 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 with you

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

I'm trapped in this memory

And I'm left in the wake of the mistake slow to react

So even though you're close to me

You're still so distant

And I can't bring you back

It's real 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

with you

You, Now I see, Even when I close my eyes

With you

You, now I see, keeping everything inside

 with you

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, no matter how far we've come I

I can't wait to see tomorrow

With you

You, now I see, keeping everything inside with you

You, Now I see,

Even when I close my eyes

With you

You, now I see, keeping everything inside

with you

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 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 live what you’ve learned)

You have to act like you’re someone

(You live what you’ve learned)

You want someone to hurt like you

(You live what you’ve learned)

You want to share what you’ve been through

(You live what you’ve learned)

 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 live what you’ve learned)

You want to act like you’re someone

(You live what you’ve learned)

You want someone to hurt like you

 (You live what you’ve learned)

 You want to share what you’ve been through

(You live what you’ve learned)

 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 like to think you’re never wrong

 (You live what you’ve learned)

 You want to act like you’re someone

(You live what you’ve learned)

You want someone to hurt like you

(You live what you’ve learned)

You want to share what you’ve been through

(You live what you’ve learned)

You like to think you’re never wrong / forfeit the game

 (You live what you’ve learned)

You want to act like you’re someone / forfeit the game

 (You live what you’ve learned)

You want someone to hurt like you / forfeit the game

(You live what you’ve learned)

You want to share what you’ve been through / forfeit the game

 (You live what you’ve learned)

Crawling

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 and

I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take)

 I've 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

it's haunting how I can't seem...

 to find myself again

my walls are closing in

(without a sense of confidence and

I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take)

I've 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

 there's 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

Under 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'm gonna run away

and never say goodbye

(gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away)

i'm gonna run away

and never wonder why

 (gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away)

i'm gonna run away

and open my mind

(gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away)

 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 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

[myself]

 I ask why,

but in my mind

I find I can’t rely on myself

 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