[Verse 1]

I've been lost, alone in a crowd

Can't remember when the silence got so loud

We believe, but what do we know?

All the things we bottle up will one day start to overflow

[Chorus]

Where do I shelter when it's raining inside?

No peace and quiet from the noise in my mind

I don't bend, I break, I can't go on this way

It kills to hear you say

"I can't stand to see you like this"

[Verse 2]

We took a chance, a shot in the dark

Let it echo like the rattle of a hollow heart

I thought I had everything that meant something to me

I wasn't ready to face what I want, what I need

Now I need to escape

The grass is greener, they told me, if you wait

[Pre-Chorus]

I feel the lifeblood freezing in my veins

The antidote is just the poison by another name

[Chorus]

Where do I shelter when it's raining inside?

No peace and quiet from the noise in my mind

I don't bend, I break, I can't go on this way

It kills to hear you say

"I can't stand to see you like this

'Cause it's more than I can take"

[Bridge]

The earth is spinning much too fast for me

The air is thick and it makes me sick to breathe

I never had the clarity of mind

To recognize that time was never on my side

[Breakdown]

(I am not what I think, I am not what I feel)

I'm addicted, afflicted and I'm dying to heal, I said

I lost years to future fears

(This can't happen again, it cannot happen again)

Now I'm fearing the worst

I'll break my habits if they don't break me first

[Pre-Chorus 2]

But still I just can't seem to catch my breath

And the things I love, I hold so tight

I strangle them to death

[Chorus]

Where do I shelter when it's raining inside?

No peace and quiet from the noise in my mind

I don't bend, I break, I can't go on this way

It kills to hear you say

"I can't stand to see you like this

'Cause it's more than I can take"