Scott Shiflett

everybody wants the truth
but everybody lies
everybody wants proof
but everybody's blind
so open your eyes
I really don't know much of anything at all
but I'll admit we're all the same
you ask for forgiveness and make the same mistakes
and I'll admit we're all the same

I want to know
do these words mean anything?
how can this life
mean something more than what it seems?

everybody wants equality
but we're all prejudice
we're all hypocrites
everybody wants the world
but we have nothing

Tell me something
That I don't already know
Tell me how you plan to change the world
I'm tired of people trying
To tell me what is right
I'm tired of people trying to pull me down

I know that you might never understand
The way I feel
I made a promise to myself
That I would never let it show
Never look down
Never look down
Just keep my focus straight ahead
And try to walk this line
Never look down
Never look down
Just keep my focus straight ahead
And try to walk this line

Tell me all about your favorite human being
Tell me everything about yourself
God, the story is so terribly interesting
I wonder what's so good about myself

I know that you might never understand
The way I feel
I made a promise to myself
That I would never let it show
Never look down
Never look down
Just keep my focus straight ahead
And try to walk this line
Never look down
Never look down
Just keep my focus straight ahead
And try to walk this line

So let me take a good look at your perfect life
So I know exactly how I don't want mine

Yeeeeeeeee-ah
Everyday I see these
Same four walls that keep me here
And I want to change the things that hurt
I want to end this constant fear
So i say (yee-aaah)
Never look down
Never look down
Never look down
Never look down
Never look down
Never look down
(till end)

I don't owe you anything

what now?
not again
you're a person I will never comprehend
I've listened
I've tried
I can't change enough
to make you change your mind

I don't owe you anything

I don't know where I belong
all I know is that I'm wrong
I can't wait another day
make it all just go away
I don't want it today

I don't want to be late
if you knew what I knew
you wouldn't be willing to wait
don't be fooled by what you read
it's not the same as what you see
you're trying to sell me
and it's something for nothing
I don't want to be late

You don't know a thing about me
Is there something that you should know?
I can tell you what you want to hear
Let you inhibitions just go
No you don't know what you will give up
You don't know what you want
It may take you years to find out
You don't know what you need
It's something that may never come to you
Trust is something that comes easy
When you've never been a victim
Lies and promises and words are said
It's your decision to accept them

running out of time again
where did you go wrong this time?
when your problems overwhelm you
go get drunk it's party time
take a quaalude, relax your mind
relax your body too!
run from problems but
you'll never get away
no one loves you, and you
wonder why?
sitting there with your mouth full of beer
your eyes are glazed, your face is red
who's gonna pick you up and use you for tonight?
and when you're on the streets
with a needle in your arm
selling your body for another fix
who's gonna pick you up and take you home with them tonight
not me!
running out of breath again you're an Old Maid,
but you're only 15
you're losing your little girl's charm
cry all night but you'll never get it back
don't be afraid, it's not too late
save yourself, I need you here
wearing off, wearing out
I can't think about this cause it makes me sick.

you don't know what you want to be
you don't know what you want to do
never going to amount to much of anything
so what's the difference if you win or lose?
well that's something
well isn't that something
you've done nothing wrong and it's never your fault
you've done nothing

don't care where your friends have gone
because you never really needed them anyway
never going to be exactly who you are
because you try too hard to be just like them
well that's something
well isn't that something
you've done nothing wrong and it's never your fault
you've done nothing

you've got brains in your head
feet in your shoes
you can steer yourself
any way you choose
you're on your own
and you know what you know
and it's up to you to decide where you'll go
well that's something
well isn't that something
you've done nothing wrong and it's never your fault
you've done nothing

i didn't want a second chance now that's exactly where i am back where i didn't want to be back where i knew you'd find me out i've never been afraid of you i never will admit the truth i know there's something i can do i'm not afraid to face myself but is it me or something else? makes me exactly what i am that's something i will always doubt

You don't know a thing about me
Is there something that you should know?
I can tell you what you want to hear
Let you inhibitions just go
No you don't know what you will give up
You don't know what you want
It may take you years to find out
You don't know what you need
It's something that may never come to you
Trust is something that comes easy
When you've never been a victim
Lies and promises and words are said
It's your decision to accept them

there is someone who knows everything there is to know
there is someone who is too afraid to let it show
we live by consequences
we never seem to get it right
conflict of circumstances
and sometimes we may lose a fight

wouldn't you know
something is going wrong
wouldn't you know
something is really wrong
and you can't do a thing about it

no, no, no you have no authority
no, no, no I am who I want to be

there are those of us who just sit back and never try
there are those of us who just sit back and wonder why
we live by consequences
we never seem to get it right
conflict of circumstances
and sometimes we may lose a fight

wouldn't you know
something is going wrong
wouldn't you know
something is really wrong
and you can't do a thing about it

no, no, no you have no authority
no, no, no I am who I want to be

big lies
surprise
you've thought of everything
it builds your character you know
no way
ok
so what's the price you pay?
too late to realize you're broke

do you think that everything worked out?
it's good to see you've finally made it
can't you see you're lying to yourself?

but this was all your choice
do you think it makes a difference now?
but this was all your choice
it's good to see it hasn't changed you

you've tried
denied
can't win at everything
it's building character you know
don't wait
too late
you've got a choice to make
it's time to do what you've been told

aren't you glad that everything worked out?
it's good to see you've finally made it
can't you see you're lying to yourself?

so what's the problem this time?
I thought you'd learn by now that nothing ever works out right
you want to take away the edge
you tell me it's the only thing that helps you forget
you've made your promises
that's not enough this time
there's only so much you can squander from a feeble mind

you've got a problem with your life
you've got a problem with your mind

don't try to tell me that you think it's going to work out fine
so go ahead and try to hide
the world around you watches on as you destroy you life
do what your problem says
there's not a lot of time
there's only so much you can squander from a feeble mind

you've got a problem with your life

we've got a lot of questions
we've got a lot to learn
so tired of solving problems
too many bridges burned
we see it all so clearly and still we close our eyes
why should we understand it?
what good is knowing why?
I know that life can be filled with these changes
I know there's times when it feels like I'm falling
I know something in my life will change again

now I've got a lot of questions
I've got a lot to learn
I'm tired of solving problems
too many bridges burned
I can't change what's in the past
I want to move ahead
I want to understand it
give me the reason why

I'm tired of running these circles in my life
I've seen the future it changes before my eyes
and I know that there is something that's going to change in my life
I know my life will change again

four year-old at play shot and killed today never even had a chance seventeen and high threw away his life has a gun to feel like he's a man can't have it any other way laying in the street asking for a drink doesn't have a place to live pregnant at thirteen still can hear the screams something that she never will forget can't have it any other way i'm trying to open my mind so you can keep your faith and i'll just walk away there's no reason for me to stay i'm trying to open my mind i'm trying to make up my mind

another falls in place
you wonder if you're only human
it's blood, dust, and paste
we're held together by a single thread
must be a reason for us to justify it
but no one will defy it

what is it with this place?
or is it that I'm missing something?
you want to see my face
when I can't even see it for myself
must be a reason for us to justify it
but no one will defy it

I don't want a game that I don't no how to play
just go away
and I don't want to know how to play
can't I make it just go away?

I don't want a game that I don't no how to play
just go away
and I don't want to know how to play
can't I make it just go away?

don't you understand what these problems will demand?
make it just go away
I don't want a game that I don't know how to play
just go away

must be a reason for us to justify it
but no one will defy it

There is nothing new
Put in front of you
Nothing you don't understand
Don't try to rationalize
No one hears your lies
Only you can comprehend

You don't want to see
You don't want to hear
You don't want to feel at all
Tell me that you've tries
Mind is open wide
But you're not listening at all

Please don't question me I don't have the time
If there's a problem that it's easier to set aside
There is nothing that will make you want to change your mind
You can't take it
You can't make it
You can't make it so why try?

There is nothing new put in front of you
Tell me that you've tried to
Tell me that your mind is open

Please don't question me I don't have the time
If there's a problem that it's easier to set aside
There is nothing that will make you want to change your mind
You can't take it
You can't make it
You can't make it so why try?

don't want to hear what you said
don't want to kick in your head
don't want to live my life that way
don't want to give in but I don't want to be victimized
don't want to know anything
don't want to live my life that way

walk away
try to see things in a different way

don't want to tell you your place
don't want to get in your face
don't want to live my life that way
don't want to know what you think
don't want to know anything
don't want to live my life that way

walk away
try to see things in a different way

Do you want to make a difference?
Do you wonder what would happen if you don't?
Do you need just a little push?
Do you try to change?

Do you about the other guy?
Do you want just one good reason why you should?
Do you only think about yourself?
Do you want to be left alone?

You're running out of time
And I don't see a change in you
And I don't think you're gonna make it

Do you understand the way it works?
Do you want to take as much as you can get?
Do you need a little push?
Do you try to change?

You're running out of time
And I don't see a change in you
And I don't think you're gonna make it

We're running out of time and there aren't many changes made
And I don't think were going to make it
We're running out of time and there aren't many changes made
And I don't think were going to make it

Well, what do you think?
Yeah, that's what I thought

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Written By KEITH, TREVER M/RIDDLE, MATT
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i've tried to ask the question must be a million answers that just aren't there you try to find yourself i'll try to live my life i just don't care take a look at your life tell me can you say you've done no wrong? ask yourself the question do you realize where you belong? i've been down i've been out i've been there i've been down this road a thousand times nothing ever looks the same it seems there's something more i might never see

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