I feel the same No different than before There was a time when what you thought of me once mattered I put weight behind your words Then something snapped Deep down inside me Tectonic shifts aligning Soft image into focus Snap fingers break hypnosis Light through the crack, and then everything went black And I am not the person you remember from before The one you patronized and stepped on, the one you hurt (whoa-oh-oh-oh) And I have pulled the arrows, now my skin has become stone No longer am I prisoner to your empty fucking words I carried every single word you said They stacked up high, they weighed me down But underneath it all, I didn't notice I was growing strong somehow Lean backward through an open window Nothing left can save me now I hear the cry of the approaching sirens right as I count down Then something snapped A lightbulb moment Like sighting land from the ocean Pure water in the desert A thirst that can't be measured The first breath of a child Released into the wild I am not the person you remember from before The one you patronized and stepped on, the one you hurt (whoa-oh-oh-oh) And I have pulled the arrows, now my skin has become stone No longer am I prisoner to your empty fucking words And your pain, it's an open secret It spills with every breath And this game that you played is over now And gone are the days I was helpless and afraid, yeah Gone are the walls that kept me in Yeah, I, I'm not the person That you remember from before Yeah, I, I'm not the person (not the person) That you remember from before Yeah, I, I'm not the person That you remember from before That you remember That you remember Do you remember? Do you remember?

I'll meet you in the shadows that come at night I'll listen to your cries through the door If you won't let me in, I'll just wait outside Until you're ready, I will just be ignored I'll find you when you hide in the darkest cave And be there when you emerge I will shield your eyes from the blinding light Is there a prayer to lift this curse? 'Cause you're in trouble, you're in deep When you can't wake up, but you can't sleep When it starts to slip away And the world forgets your name I will not give up I will not give up on you Come fire and flood Let the earth shake, I won't move No matter what No matter what you say or do I will not give up I will not give up on you Whoa-ooh-whoa I will wait for you at the forest edge And feel each season change I don't care what anybody else says They can leave, I will stay I'll save you a seat when the tables set Hold your place 'til you return I will light a candle by your photograph If and when you say the word Then I'll come running down these streets As fast as my feet will take me When the crowds all go away And the world forgets your name I will not give up I will not give up on you Come fire and flood Let the earth shake, I won't move No matter what No matter what you say or do I will hide the pain that I push through Put a brave face on for you Choke back tears all meant for you Oh-ooh, whoa-oh-oh, ooh-whoa I will not give up I will not give up on you Come fire and flood Let the earth shake, I won't move No matter what No matter what you say or do I will not give up I will not give up on you (Never give up) whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh (I will never give up) whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-ooh-oh, ooh-oh

Do you spend your days counting the hours you're awake? And when night covers the sky, you find yourself doing the same It's a burden you've been bearing in spite of all your prayers As a light turns off inside your heart Can you remember what it's like to care? Knees are weak, hands are shaking, I can't breathe So give me the drug, keep me alive Give me what's left of my life Don't let me go, whoa Pull this plug, let me breathe On my own, I'm finally free Don't let me go, whoa The trail of crumbs you left somehow got lost along the way If you never meant to leave then you only had to stay But the memories that haunt us are cherished just the same As the words that bring us closer to the sky No matter how gray, yet I fall through these clouds Reaching, screaming Give me the drug, keep me alive Give me what's left of my life Don't let me go, whoa Pull this plug, let me breathe On my own, I'm finally free Don't let me go, whoa This grip loosens, but it never breaks (never breaks) We carry nothing but a name you will forsake Your words are always there to break my fall (break my fall) In them, I find the comfort, to see through it all Guide me through uncharted waters Before we lose our way again Will you be my compass until forever? Until forever ends? Knees are weak, hands are shaking, I can't breathe So give me the drug, keep me alive Give me what's left of my life Don't let me go, whoa Pull this plug, let me breathe On my own, I'm finally free Don't let me go, whoa Don't let me go, whoa Don't let me go, whoa