You leave yourself wide open

To this type of abuse

It's hard to keep from hanging

When you're tying the noose

And still you try to scurry

When the shots begin to fly

Hard to find shelter when you're the bulls eye

And I won't back down until you kill me

'cause I can't get out unless you make me

I'm not the man but god I wish I could be

So I won't back down

Back down

And still you drag it on

To the point of disbelief

If only one could stand up

And know just when to leave

Somehow you always think

There's a way that we can mend it

And that's what you get

For claiming a dependent

And I won't back down until you kill me

'cause I can't get out unless you make me

I'm not the man but god I wish I could be

So I won't back down

Back down

You always want more than you need

And then you need more than you want

It's over I'm tired it's over

You always bleed just to heal

You only heal just to bleed

It's colder each day grows colder

And if you bet then bet it all

'cause we've already dropped the ball

It's faded it's what we made of it now

And I won't back down

And I won't back down until you kill me

'cause I can't get out unless you make me

I'm not the man but god I wish I could be

So I won't get out

And I won't back down until you kill me

'cause I can't get out unless you make me

I'm not the man but god I wish I could be

So I won't back down

I can't get out

I won't back down

Because I can't get out