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don't
tell me what's in
tell me how to write
don't tell me how to win
this fight

isn't your life
it isn't your right
to take the only thing that's
mine

proven over time
it's over your head
don't try to read between the
lines
are clearly defined
never lose sight of
something you believe in

takin' in the view from
the outside
feeling like the underdog
watching through the
window i'm on the outside
living like an underdog

i've been trying
to justify you
in the end
i will just dely you

to those who understand
i extend my hand
to the doubtful i demand
take me as i am

i've been wasting my breath
on you
open minds will descend
uopn you

to those who understand
i extend my hand
to the doubtful i demand
take me as i am

not under your command
i know where i stand
i won't change to fit your plans
take me as i am

to those who understand
i extend my hand
to the doubtful i demand
take me as i am

not under your command
i know where i stand
i won't change to fit your plans
take me as i am
				

we're taught unconditional love
that blood is thicker than water
that a parent's world would revolve
always around thier son or their daughter

you pretended i was your own
and even believed that you loved me
but were always threatened by some
invisible blood line that only you could see

you took advantage of a outreached hand
and twisted it to meet your every need
"gimme time to re-charge my batteries,
i'll see her when she's older and i'll bounce
her on my knee"

well listen to me you ungratefull fool
here comes a dose of reality
you'll go to your grave a sad and lonely man
the door's now closed on your pathetic little plan

on and on and on it goes
it's so easy to run away with nothing in tow

how can you ever sleep a wink at night
pretending that everything is alright
and have the nerve to blame this mess on me

never in my life i have seen someone
so ignorant to thedamage he has done
you're the roted root in the family tree

i tried your 4 billed therapy
i tried to make amends
but nothing could lure you out of your selfish
shell again

expecting everyone to bow and kiss your feet
don't you see respect is not a one way street
blaming everyone for all that you've done wrong
i'll get my peace of mind when you hear this song

on and on and on and on it goes
and with every passing day true colors show

how can you ever sleep a wink at night
pretending everything is alright
and have the balls to blame this mess on me

never in my life have i seen someone
oblivious to the damage he has done
you're the rotted root in the family tree

watch where you walk
don't you dare cross the crooked step
watch the way you talk
don't cross the crooked step

on and on and on and on it goes
chauvinistic, heartless, selfish, cold

how can you ever sleep a wink at night
pretending that everything is alright
and have the balls to blame this shit on me

never in my life have i seen someone
so fucking blind to the damage he has done
you're the rotted root in the family tree
				

silence disguised
i watch you
show me the hurt
that haunts you
would you despise the thrill
if all you hide were mine ?
i can't hold on any longer
these feelings keep growing stronger
echoes that deafen the mind
will bury my voice in their wake
caught in a web
removed from the world
hanging onby a thread
spinning the lies
divised in my head
i've seen the path
the one you take
shows the truth
for you to make
this turn of phrase
we might not see
is the thirst of desire
found so easily
try to push me 'round
the world some more
and make me live in fear
i bare all that i am
made of now
attractive i don't care
'cause even when i danced with life
no one was there to share
does this voice the wounds of your soul ?
caught in a web
removed from the world
hanging on by a thread
spinning the lies
devised in my head
tried to live the life
youlive and saw
it doesn't work for me
i bare all that i am
made of now
attractive, i can't be
inside the dance of life is one
i'll never hold to me
you can't heal the wounds of my soul
caught in a web
refused by the world
hanging on by a thread
spinning a cage
denied and misread
				

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our deeds have traveled far
what we have been is what we are

our deeds have traveled far
what we have been is what we are

all that we learn this time
is carried beyond this life

all that we learn this time
is carried beyond this life
				

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hey you, hey you
i'm right here
conscience fading
can't get through

oh lord
helpless
confused
head swayed
eyes glazed
and mine teared

she's losing control
what can i do
her vacant eyes
black holes
am i losing you
				

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why - tell me the reasons why
try - still i don't understand
will i ever feel this again?
blue, sky - i'll meet you in the end
free, love - free the memories of you
free, me - and rest tell on with you
a day like today my whole world has been changed
nothing you say will help me ease my pain
turn - i'll turn slowly around
burn - burn to feel alive again
she - she'd want me to live on
see - me this place i still belong
give - chase to find more that i've found
and face this time it all on my own
days disappear
and my world keeps changing
i feel you here
and it keeps me sane
so i'm moving on, i'd never forget
as you lay there, i'm watching you
accept in the end, i knew you were scared
you were strong i was trying
i gave you me hand
i said it's ok, let it go
time to leave here, now carry on
the best that i can, without you here beside me
let them come take you home