[Intro]

Woah, woah

[Verse 1]

How do I explain

Or even articulate

That every day that I'm awake

Is a day I fade away

Place chicken scratch to paper

As I scratch inside my temple

For any hatch that resembles

My simple solipsistic question

[Chorus]

So here I stand

A hollow man

A broken piece

Of God’s great plan

[Post-Chorus]

Woah, woah

[Verse 2]

So I get out of my head

And meet up with my friends

They say, "Hey dude, we missed you

Where have you been?"

But I've been bleeding, I've been bleeding

From all these senseless self beatings

And they scream, "Please believe it

You are needed, you are needed"

[Verse 3]

But when will I know it?

That I am not that piece of shit!

That people look at and they wince and

Throw up a little bit

I am so cold

But they hold me in a way

That makes the pain go away

[Chorus]

But I’ve been slowly building up

My sense of self from dust

I once was just a husk

Rust covered in rust, covered in rust, covered in rust

[Bridge]

In reality, my sanity is hanging by a thread

But if I became balanced, would my street cred be in shreds?

When my identity is entirely the maniac you see

If I became healthy, would I stop being me?

In reality, my sanity is hanging by a thread (I'm slowly building up)

But if I became balanced, would my street cred be in shreds (My sense of self from dust)

When my identity is entirely the maniac you see (I once was just a husk)

If I became healthy, would I stop being me? (Rust covered in rust, covered in rust, covered in rust)

[Chorus]

Slowly building up

My sense of self from dust

I once was just a husk

Rust covered in rust, covered in rust, covered in rust

Well, here I stand (Here I)

A mouth full of sand (Why do I keep eating sand?)

Please could you hold my hand?

Stop me eating the sand, stop me feeling so goddamn bad