I'll hit the wall, and I won't even know it
'Til you peel my body off the bricks
I try to breathe, my lungs can't even hold it in
I exhale

Ten years of fearing every turn I was taking
Even while pretending not to be
I cut the vein and hope that you see it bleed, oh
No, I exhale
I can't fail

I'm living in what started out like a dream
I'm working for the thinkers on the scene
I'm fighting for the chance to be undefined
I'm leaving something behind
I'm waiting for this messy light to turn green
I'm hoping for the chance to wipe it clean
I'm dying for the ones who come to the show
I'm leaving something when I go
All I know, even when it's over
I'm leaving something when I go

You jingle keys to find that's far from an option
You're serving babies, faces made of stone
You scream through tears to get the baby to laugh, oh
Just exhale

Push through the city, wear your pain like a jacket
You walk with giants, but they're in the clouds
Sometimes you strech to reach the top of the stack, oh
Don't exhale
Cannot fail

I'm living in what started out like a dream
I'm working for the thinkers on the scene
I'm fighting for the chance to be undefined
I'm leaving something behind
I'm waiting for this messy light to turn green
I'm hoping for the chance to wipe it clean
I'm dying for the ones who come to the show
I'm leaving something when I go
All I know, even when it's over
I'm leaving something when I go

All that I hope for
Is all that I question
Is there a rhyme or a reason
Or a method to the madness?
I'm open to suggestion

Remember that it's real, the need to create it
The very thing that fulfils you
Water's fine, jump inside
Sometimes the very thing you live for
Is the thing that can kill you

Water's fine, jump inside
Sometimes the very thing you live for
Is the thing that can kill you

Sometimes I'm standing where the noose should be hanging
Sometimes a legacy gets tied in knots
Swing from the rafters, watch the artist he's dangling, oh
Can't exhale
Fly or fail

I'm living in what started out like a dream
I'm working for the thinkers on the scene
I'm fighting for the chance to be undefined
I'm leaving something behind
I'm waiting for this messy light to turn green
I'm hoping for the chance to wipe it clean
I'm dying for the ones who come to the show
I'm leaving something when I go
All I know, even when it's over
I'm leaving something when I go

When I go
When I
When I go