Making A Break - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

Every time my soul's been ragged run

Your fingers point to all I could've done

Could've, should've, would've done it all

My heartbeat's set to break against my palms

So it's time for me to move on

I've been holding back for too long

I'm setting down, I'm signing off

Slipping my card back from the clock

I'm letting go, I'm movin' out

Taking this fight to the final bout

I haven't got a lot, but if I miss this shot

I'll kick myself for clippin' it, go skippin' down the sidewalk

It's the chance that I take

Makin' a break

Late nights tied to schoolbooks in the dark

My mind's a string, but still you're pullin' hard

The best, the worst, you never could pick one

Whichever one I am, I'm set to run

Cuz it's time for me to move on

I've been waiting on approval far too long

I'm kickin' off, I'm steppin' back

Setting this train on a dead-end track (You'd say I'm skewed)

I'm steppin' out, I'm subbin' in

Huffin' up a shot of pure oxygen (This shit's nothing new)

I wasn't made to fight, but if it feels this right

I'll don a bloody glove and play the kitten in a cat fight

It's the chance that I take

Makin' a break

It's been easier to lie than tell you where I stand

Got a good girl streak that's lighting up the life lines in my hands

Pass judgement all you need, perhaps your fears are true

But I want this life I have, and I can't live it all for you

I'm setting down, I'm signing off

Slipping my card back from the clock (You'd say I'm skewed)

I'm letting go, I'm movin' out

Beating this fight to the final bout (This shit's nothing new)

I haven't got a lot, but if I miss this shot

I'll kick myself for clippin' it, go skippin' down the sidewalk

It's the chance that I take

These are the chances I take

Makin' a break