[Verse 1]

Overindulgence in grief is only immature

Forgetfulness is both the sickness and the cure

Lay your emotion with them like a mourning wreath

I chose to shut my eyes, you chose to bare your teeth

[Pre-Chorus]

What's the point of pushing back against the mill

That grinds the world to dust?

What's the point of picking at your wounds, your scratches and your scars?

One would think so, I believed so

And it was the wiser me

But the wiser you knows better

But the wiser you is (free)

[Chorus]

Ah

Another apathetic epitaph

I think my marble heart is gonna break in half

A razorblade, a knife, or a saw

The tepid autumn day is starting to thaw

So stupid, I can't help but laugh

I really want to scream, "I've had enough"

A candle burns another photograph

A helpless child, the same as before

I grip its neck and reach my hand for the door

[Verse 2]

Playing the world like a toy - I think I'm gonna hurl

What do you understand? A naive little girl

I understand that I still spin and play the same

I simply went and gave a new name to the game

And I know damn well

You cannot trick the system running the machine

I'm aware no soul can enter, roam its halls and come out clean

[Pre-Chorus]

And it's like that, and I'm like that

And I'll always bear this stone

And I'm fine with that, I told her

And it chilled her to the (bone)

[Chorus]

Hey

Something about this doesn't seem okay

I hear my voice as if it's really far away

My shadow darkens under the sun

You hold a hand that still remembers the gun

Nobody taught me how to pray

An instrument I heard so many people play

I'm ready to be blinded by the breaking day

You'd think by now the chains got undone

But I'm afraid of breaking into a run

[Post-Chorus]

Draw a thousand lines

Sometimes I dream, I wish I had the bars to build a cage

Loose compromise

Where the sun won't set as long as I can set the stage

A thousand tries

Another circle drawn, another light, another missing page

A thousand miles

Walk, sit, and reprise

Your hollow call to the winds of change

A thousand times

I thought now, wouldn't it be callous

Wouldn't it be strange

To meet your eyes, cold and tired eyes

With anything but childish rage?

[Chorus]

Now, don't make me laugh

I will not read your lousy epitaph

Who do you take me for?

I've had enough

And I would gladly break my every bone

To have you breathe some more

Don't make me laugh

I will not read your lousy epitaph

Who do you take me for?

I've had enough

And I would gladly break your every bone

To have you breathe some more