Can't you see her, standing there out in the cold, waiting to be consoled I mean it's evident by the look she gets as that arm-felt pinch restores her condience Can't you see him lying there, begging for 'change', hoping for life rearranged But it's not like your pocket; he wants the sweet sauce to drop it's hold on his soul, 'cause he's losing control, now. Feel free to construct the facts of your reality, Life gets too hard? Make it up like an acted scene Feel free to discuss the lack of truth in sanity Open like an ocean to embrace the catastrophes Feel free to bind lies to your soul, 'cause if knowing is half of the battle, you've already made it on home And feel free to pretend that it's something it's not, within the context of what it is, you're missing a lot So feel free to come cry on my shoulder, but running back every time I call makes it harder to swallow Feel free to announce that you're over the bullshit that you pulled when you already knew we were colder Can't you see them playing there out in the streets, Not a care and bare feet But it's the same streets they run in, where it seems nobody wants them, Like a conflict of interest, with that potential for greatness or more Can't you see us dreaming here, building up the world with our big hope-filled words But it's just like the conflicts we adopt and hold hostage, striking indifference, resurrecting each grievance with force Feel free to break bread with your demons If you can't overcome the motherfuckers than you might as well feed 'em And feel free to live life like you're dreaming, it's easy to sometimes to just hide, versus dealing with reason Feel free to set fire to everything you love; find truth from above but never come to the son Feel free to rip yourself to pieces, people pleasing tendencies destroy the meaning in the soul of your being, so go.

When she said that she was gonna fly high Spent enough time sitting on the sidelines Their eyes blind to why her light lit up the night, The sky started to climb when she started to rise But the top of the tower is so far To fall down from, end up like a junkyard Collect scraps, and patch your life back on track, A piecemeal piece of peace that was lacking facts And after that, never thought she'd give up the race And pace placement slower than the hair in the grave The nail in the grave, face what hoarded and gave you hell, sell out everything you wanted to save But you wanna get back to the top Better fight tooth and nail, can't fear, never stop Never let 'em tell you what you can't do, if you're not Fighting for yourself, then you'll never find a better spot. He tore out of the mold that was set, And set upon a course to make himself never forget All that he'd seen, the cries of all the innocents Bullets in crosswinds, all the screams in the darkness But now he's taking orders from his C.O. Puttin bullets in their head is all he knows Small town boy; a little racist Calls 'em "sand niggers" 'cause to him they're all faceless Harken to a time when he was back in the states Back at his place, watching kids stumble and play Never thought happiness would end on this day Got the call to deploy, had nothing to say. Fast-forward to the now, trenched in the town Building bombed out, with smoke in the clouds Sixty-Five pound pack strapped to his back With a rifle in his hands, plans never worked out. Don't look now, everything's crumbling, tumbling down Left her all alone in her home, she's looking weathered now Lifeline bleeding, body convulsing while choking them down No one left to love, it's bound to break her. The blast rang out, bodies appallingly falling around Explosive on the side of the road, concussion clutching ground Lying around memory flooding, he's bloody the sounds Screaming through the wreck and havoc, "Take me." When she said she thought it was over Handful of pills couldn't stay sober End it all and run away from her life She can't get back on track, she couldn't see the light She choked 'em all down with her whiskey She was home alone, couldn't let her kids see Cowardice so blinding, soul never was finding Happiness through their love is what she kept denying It was easier to just be a wreck Never be responsible, never let the mood set Never break the chaos, never take in entropy Never be aware of everything she could be. She woke up a little hazy in the bed She wasn't supposed to be there, should've been dead It was the last straw, something in the past raw Something so offensive, never let these acts fall. Swore he would never be the same way Fuck it all, on principal, never let his strength fade He paid his dues and worked himself right on through The hard times, and surviving always something new But he had to break out on his own Find a new philosophy, some logic for his soul Find a new dynamic, something soothing, something old Something stolen, something cold, something living, something grown Anything to distract from the facts of blasts, last words, gun toting assholes on both sides the fence doesn't divide, It blinds and binds lies, misconceptions through their eyes Tonight he finds grace lighting up his worn face, The burns into his skin, the pain cannot erase He tried to save the child but she wanted to die Another martyr for the cause, too young for this demise. They found her down, heart barely beating she's teetering now Empty bottles on the floor were too strong, she's likely crashing now. Kiss on the mouth, she stopped even breathing, life's seeping, she's down. Third try's unlucky charm, they couldn't save her. He jolts awake, heart beating heavy he's ready for death Confusion in his mind, in his eyes his scars still feigning ache. Picks himself up, brushes his shoulders, he's bolder tonight "I'll find a way to fight, won't let this break me."

I break truces like a pyro burns Shit to the ground, but can't replace it, 'cause it's like she's around Through the marking of the past, the thought of what we had The final thread to burn, the final stone to cast And like an idiot I threw it - let loose, but never knew it David never stood a chance, Goliath was the better man A poor part of a sober apology, try to fix what's not broken to appeal to your hand I dig simple things, like sopranos in key or the perfect body lines on a "V," or a smile that curves into a smirk, like on my girl Mona Li', Or the way I catch your homegirl looking at me, but see Nothing ever changes, my thoughts are rearrangements Of half-truths and white lies, and brief glimpses into the other side But no matter how I spin it, owning up to the madness of my bullshit is only the beginning. I know our world wasn't ever really what I'd seen, Hiding disbelief behind our spoken dreams We'd go round and round in circles through the motions of a picture perfect winner of a golden globe I'd close myself away from any possibility of fighting suffering so endlessly We'd show the only parts of our hearts that couldn't break Forsaking all that we know Look at the past and what we made it But after these acts negated Look over these words, unstated Listen to this And as this rabbit hole gets deeper I'm seeking to please the people The leader in problem keeping and hypocrisy, man Then again, remembering what was when The skies were not as blue, as these clouds were rolling in I'm slipping through all this sin, but listening to my kin Like my pops told me, "Be strong, son, you'll love again." So I take this and fake it pretend until you can make it Then I break it and brake it to stop what's happening You can tell me I'm vacant, bring emptiness to the table And I'll smile nod my head with apathy And through my thoughts a lot of thoughts are lost or paused instead of lost, at what cost comes this response? To break down because it hurts Hurting is just the first when anger becomes complacent in your heart So it seems my lacking of caring is just my way of healing, it's just my way of fearing what's ahead of me. And I'll find a way to beat it, The spread is what's been keeping me down All these times that I couldn't speak So just know that I can hear, and here is where we veer To different destinations within this lifetime But you'll always have a place, I hope you feel the same Leave some blankets on the couch, and I'll be fine I know our world wasn't ever really what I'd seen, Hiding disbelief behind our spoken dreams We'd go round and round in circles through the motions of a picture perfect winner of a golden globe I'd close myself away from any possibility of fighting suffering so endlessly We'd show the only parts of our hearts that couldn't break Forsaking all that we know

Learn from the hypocrite It hurts to be wrong, but sometimes you've gotta evolve a little bit Simple shit we sing, attempts to mask our sorrows, hide morals with guilty conscience, long for something of substance We work like we play, play as if we're dying I sing as if I'm broken, and speak as if I'm lying I opened up my essence and felt her darker presence Now it'll be awhile before I escape the stresses again. For the sin we swing thin lines Open the soul for no more than just a few lines Out of my head, what was said echoes a melody Difficult choices to come and what's ahead of me the face of your demons once known can be a burden An infinite curse from the source of this distortion of facts, the present and the past, and works of fiction Future disdain for the pain of your convictions failed Open up yourself to change Or follow suit with all the ways That you wish that you could be, with me, I'm free, you'll see Embrace all of the demons that brought you here this evening I'll take it like it's stolen, control all your emotions again Now take this thread of truth and wrap around your finger Attack all of my weakness, neglect all my attentions I'll let you have control for the moment, but know this I'm focused, and heartless, I will count no losses again But turn the tables, take it back to the truth, Because the thread you wrapped around has begun to come loose Now you're begging for a truce 'cause you're losing it I'm through with this You know you've lost the "You" within my darkness