[Verse 1]

It's been years since the last time I picked up my phone

All my friends think I'm dead

It's been years since I opened the door

I feel better alone locked inside my head

I'm getting older, getting tired

Of this one thing I can’t ignore

It seems that I don’t belong here

(This should have been)

[Verse 2]

I keep telling myself it's the nightmares that made my hands shake

Not the substances I am abusing, no

No great depression, no great war, no purpose or place

Only fear you feel knowing, you'll be left on the roadside

Was I born too early?

(Or too late?)

[Chorus]

This should have been a better place

Still we are digging our own graves

In your empty promises (your promises)

How can we put on a happy face?

Knowing there is no escape from the ruins

Of your empty promises

[Bridge]

This should have been a better place

This should have been a better place

This should have been a better place

I'm not sure will I ever return from this battlefield

Everyone steps on, yet no one survives

This is a war and our spirits are spare

We don't belong here, we don't belong here

We are dead men walking

We are dead men

(This should have been)

[Chorus]

This should have been a better place

Still we are digging our own graves

In your empty promises (your promises)

How can we put on a happy face?

Knowing there is no escape from the ruins

Of your empty promises