Cold and deceived, letting love take its lead I stood in awe as I watched my hell retreat I'm 25 and living my life Crushing the walls of defeat right before my eyes Crushing defeat right before my eyes I will not yield at the hands of my guilt I'd rather break down the walls that entropy built I am no coward, no fear among these bones This body is concrete This will is of stone I'm not sick, I'm just sick and tired of giving in You're a conformist, a sheep to follow suit We're not sick, we're just sick and tired of giving in I'd sever my legs before I'd follow you We watched you cower at the sign of smoke Regret so potent and it makes you choke You're the reason we live this way Hearts full of hope Eyes full of rage I'm giving up on giving in I'm backing out, not backing down I know you want me to submit I know you want me to submit Consciousness has become a plague Spreading corruption to all in its wake Your pathogenic words tearing through the air Killing us slowly I'm not sick We watched you cower at the sign of smoke Regret so potent and it makes you choke You're the reason we live this way Hearts full of hope Eyes full of rage I'm giving up on giving in I'm backing out, not backing down You want me to admit my life's a lie With every word you spit full of genocide If hate's the cure and it makes me well Then open your mouth and inject yourself When is the last time you felt well? When is the last time you felt well? When is the last time you felt well? When is the last time you felt well? I know you want me to submit I know you want me to submit But I refuse to give in You've become the contagion

You shatter me Your grip on me A hold on me, so dull it kills You stifle me Infectious sense of hopelessness And prayers for rain I suffocate I breathe in dirt And nowhere shines but desolate And drab the hours All spent on killing time again All waiting for the rain You fracture me Your hands on me A touch so plain, so stale it kills You strangle me Entangle me in hopelessness And prayers for rain I deteriorate I live in dirt And nowhere glows but drearily and tired The hours all spent on killing time again All waiting for the rain You fracture me Your hands on me A touch so plain, so stale it kills You strangle me Entangle me in hopelessness And prayers for rain Prayers for rain Prayers for rain Prayers for rain

For every second you've been talking I've been trying to count the lines around your face 'Cause I don't know if I'll ever be this close again I feel like I'm just wasting time Before you pull the trigger It's the drawing of the line It's my ghost you're gonna give up Got your made up mind It hurts to see you're alright When I'm not alright So if you're calling it a night Oh, please have, have mercy Have mercy on me, you're breaking my heart Oh please have, have mercy Have mercy on me, I'm falling apart Have mercy, my heart I felt you slip away so slowly I lost my grip a little more each time we touched I've got no hope I guess I'll never get it back again Yeah-yeah-yeah Felt like I was just wasting time Before you pulled the trigger It's the drawing of the line It's my ghost you're going to give up Got your made up mind It hurts to see you're alright When I'm not alright So if you're calling it a night Oh, please have, have mercy Have mercy on me, you're breaking my heart Oh, please have, have mercy Have mercy on me, I'm falling apart And I just don't know how we got So wrong, for so long Oh, please have, have mercy Have mercy on me, mercy my heart Somehow I can't let go But I know I've been holding on too long Somehow I can't let go But I know I've been holding on too long Oh Oh, please have, have mercy Have mercy on me, you're breaking my heart Oh, please have, have mercy Have mercy on me, I'm falling apart And I just don't know how we got So wrong, for so long Oh please have, have mercy Have mercy on me, mercy my heart Have mercy my heart

Out of focus, didn't take a second to notice Now we're separated by oceans, vast Couldn't make this last I wish I'd have stayed 'Cause love can find a way to make your feet run heavy Make your heart unsteady Then it breaks, so I'm prayin' that you're feelin' the same You know I spent some time in Hollywood tryna find Something to get the thought of you and I off my mind So tell me honey, oh, when you're just a step away from fallin' apart Do you ever feel like goin' back to the start? And all the streetlights illuminate what home used to feel like And when I get to thinkin', can't sleep at night No, I don't feel right I wish I'd have stayed 'Cause love can find a way to make your feet run heavy Make your heart unsteady Then it breaks, so I'm prayin' that you're feelin' the same You know I spent some time in Hollywood tryna find Something to get the thought of you and I off my mind So tell me honey, oh, when you're just a step away from fallin' apart Do you ever feel like goin' back to the start? Oh, and you know I would if I could Maybe I spend more time in Hollywood than I should So tell me honey, oh, when you're just a step away from fallin' apart Do you ever feel like goin' back to the start? If you can hear me, does it really have to end? I feel you close, although you're eight hours ahead If we can pick it up, just tell me where and when We'll go back to the start again If you can hear me, does it really have to end? I feel you close, although you're eight hours ahead If we can pick it up, just tell me where and when We'll go back to the start again You know I spent some time in Hollywood tryna find (If you can hear me, does it really have to end?) Something to get the thought of you and I off my mind (I feel you close, although you're eight hours ahead) So tell me honey, oh, when you're just a step away from fallin' apart (If we can pick it up, just tell me where and when) Do you ever feel like goin' back? You know I spent some time in Hollywood tryna find Something to get the thought of you and I off my mind So tell me honey, oh, when you're just a step away from fallin' apart Do you ever feel like goin' back to the start? Oh, and you know I would if I could Maybe I spend more time in Hollywood than I should So tell me honey, oh, when you're just a step away from fallin' apart Do you ever feel like goin' back to the start?