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By Myself

What do I do to ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Do I hide my pride away from these bad dreams
And give into sad thoughts that are maddening?
Do I sit here and try to stand it?
Or do I try to catch them red-handed?
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness?
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?
Because I can't hold on/ when IÕm stretched so thin
I make the right move but IÕm lost within
I put on my daily facade but then
I just end up getting hurt again
By myself (myself)
I ask why (but in my mind I find)
I find I canÕt rely on myself
I can't hold on
(To what I want when IÕm stretched so thin)
ItÕs just too much to take in
I canÕt hold on
(To what I want when IÕm stretched so thin)
ItÕs all too much to take in
I can't hold on
To anything watching every spin
Without thoughts of failure sinking in
If I
Turn my back IÕm defenseless
And go blindly seems senseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on
Then they'll
Take from me till everything is gone
If I let them go then IÕll be outdone
But if I try to catch them then IÕll be outrun
If IÕm killed by the questions a cancer
Then IÕll be buried in the silence of the answer
By my self
IÕve lost so much
IÕm so afraid
And IÕm out of touch
How do you expect
I will know what to do
When all I know
Is what you tell me to?
DonÕt you (know)
I canÕt tell you how to make it (go)
No matter what it do, how hard I (try)
I canÕt seem to convince myself (why)
IÕm stuck on the outside
DonÕt you (know)
I canÕt tell you how to make it (go)
No matter what it do, how hard I (try)
I canÕt seem to convince myself (why)
IÕm stuck on the outside
I canÕt hold on
(To what I want when IÕm stretched so thin)
ItÕs all too much to take in
I canÕt hold on
(To anything watching everything spin)
With  thoughts of failure sinking in
I canÕt hold on
(To what I want when IÕm stretched so thin)
ItÕs all to much to take in
I canÕt hold on
(To anything watching everything spin)
With thoughts of failure from where...
Thanks to Bri for letting me get this song (& others) off her site!
Linkin Park
Crawling

Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
ThereÕs something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming/confusing
This lack of self-control I fear is never-ending
Controlling/I canÕt seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
[Without a sense of confidence
IÕm convinced that thereÕs just too much pressure to take]
IÕve felt this way before
So insecure
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
Discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me
Distracting/reacting
Against my will I stand beside my own reflection
ItÕs haunting
How I canÕt seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
[Without a sense of confidence
IÕm convinced that thereÕs just too much pressure to take]
IÕve felt this way before
So insecure...
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real...
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing, confusing what is real...
[ThereÕs something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming] Confusing what is real...
[This lack of self control I fear is never ending
Controlling] Confusing what is real...
In The End

It starts with
One thing, I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme to explain in due time
All I know
Time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away
It's so unreal
You Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on, but didn't even know
I wasted it all
just to watch you go
I kept everything inside
And even though I tried
It all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a
memory of a time when
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
I had to fall, to lose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter
WHOOAAA
One thing, I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme to remind myself how
I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised it got so [far]
Things aren't the way they were before
You wouldn't even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me in the end
I kept everything inside
And even though I tried
It all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a
memory of a time
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter
I put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
For all this
There's only one thing you should know
I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
For all this
There's only one thing you should know
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter
Thanks to Bri for letting me get this song (& others) off her site!
Morning After

Caught up against the wall again,
Time to chill in the bar again,
Never cease to amaze my mind,
So I just sleep, i sleep, i sleep, please don't,
Wake me till the morning after
Wake me till the morning after

Cutting wounds by the fog again
Lick my wounds like a dog again
Is that a light at the end of the tunnel
That I see, I see, please let it be but don't
Wake me till the morning after
Wake me till the morning after
Wake me till the morning after

I'm so tired there has got to be an end
To the pain I feel when I'm awake and alive
Alive, alive, alive and not dreamin'

Caught up against the wall again
Time to chill at the bar again
Is that a light at the end of the tunnel
That I see, I see, please let it be but don't
Wake me till the morning after
Wake me till the morning after
Wake me till the morning after

I'm so tired there has got to be an end
To the pain I feel when I'm awake and alive
Alive, alive, alive, and not dreamin'
Thanks to Tad for this one!
My December

This is my December.
This is my time of the year.
This is my December.
This is all so clear.

This is my December.
This is my snow covered home.
This is my December.
This is me alone.

And I...
Just wish that I didn't feel.
Like there was something I missed.
And I...
Take back all the things I said.
To make you feel like that.
And I...
Just wish that I didn't feel.
Like there was something I missed.
And I...
Take back all the things that I said to you.

And I'd give it all away.
Just to have somewhere to go to.
Give it all away.
To have someone to come home to.

This is my December.
These are my snow coloured trees.
This is me pretending.
This is all I need.

And I...
Just wish that I didn't feel.
Like there was something I missed.
And I...
Take back all the things I said.
To make you feel like that.
And I...
Just wish that I didn't feel.
Like there was something I missed.
And I...
Take back all the things that I said to you.

And I'd give it all away.
Just to have somewhere to go to.
Give it all away
To have someone to come home to.

This is my December.
This is my time of the year.
This is my December.
This is all so clear.

And I'd give it all away...
Just to have somewhere to go to.
Give it all away....
To have someone to come home to.

And I'd give it all away...
Just to have somewhere to go to.
Give it all away....
To have someone to come home to.
Thanks to Eostre for this one!
One Step Closer

I cannot take this anymore
Saying everything I've said before
All these words they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Less I hear the less you'll say, you'll find that out anyway
Just like before...
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I find the answers aren't so clear
Wish I could find a way to disappear
All these thoughts they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Nothing seems to go away
Over and over again
Just like before...
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to...break!
Shut up when i'm talking to you!
Shut up
Shut up
Shut up
Shut up when i'm talking to you!
Shut up
Shut up
Shut up
Shut up
I'm about to break!
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to....break!
Papercut

Why does it feel like night today?
Something in hereÕs not right todayÉ
Why am I so uptight today?
ParanoiaÕs all I got left
I donÕt know what stressed me first
Or how the pressure was fed / but
I know just what it feels like
To have a voice in the back of my head
ItÕs like a face that I hold inside
A face that awakes when I close my eyes
A face watches every time I lie
A face that laughs every time I fall
[And watches everything]
So I know that when itÕs time to sink or swim
That the face inside is hearing me / right underneath my skin
ItÕs like IÕm / paranoid lookinÕ over my back
ItÕs like a / whirlwind inside of my head
ItÕs like I / canÕt stop what IÕm hearing within
ItÕs like the face inside is right beneath my skin
I know IÕve got a face in me
points out all my mistakes to me
YouÕve got a face on the inside too and
Your paranoiaÕs probably worse
I donÕt know what set me off first but I know what I canÕt stand
Everybody acts like the fact of the matter is
I canÕt add up to what you can but
Everybody has a face that they hold inside
A face that awakes when they close their eyes
A face watches every time they lie
A face that laughs every time they fall
(And watches everything)
So you know that when itÕs time to sink or swim
That the face inside is watching you too / right inside your skin
The sun goes down
I feel the light betray me
Thanks to Tad for this one!
Part Of Me

Part of me won't go away
Everyday reminded how much I hate it
Weighted against the consequences
Can't live without it so it's senseless
Wanna cut it out of my soul
And just live with a gaping hole
Take control of my life
And wash out all the burnt taste
I made the problems in the first place
Hang my head low cause it's part of me
You hardly see right next to the heart of me
Hurting me, the routine scar
New cuts cover where the old ones are
And I'm sick of this
I can't stand the sandpaper thoughts that grate on my sanity
I rather not even be then the man
that's staring in the mirror through me

Cut myself free willingly
Stop just what's killing me
Cut myself free willingly
Stop just what's killing me
Cut myself free willingly
Stop just what's killing me
Cut myself free willingly
Stop just what's killing me

I feel it everyday
I feel I made my way
I feel it swell up inside, swell up inside
Swallowing me

(freedom can be frightening if you've never felt it)
Once it's been dealt with you
feel like you've been touched by something angelic
And then melted down into a pool of peace
Cease to be the animal you used to be
Remove the broken parts you know were wrong
And feel the karma when the problem's all gone
And then you start to see another piece of yourself
that you can't let be
And that reason will last fight to free yourself
Take it to the depths of the bottom of the well
And now you know you can choose
to lose the part in your heart
Where your insides bruise
You can live if you're willing to
Put a stop to just what's killing you

Cut myself free willingly
Stop just what's killing me
Cut myself free willingly
Stop just what's killing me
Cut myself free willingly
Stop just what's killing me
Cut myself free willingly
Stop just what's killing me

I feel it everyday
I feel I made my way
I feel it swell up inside, swell up inside
Swallowing me

Alive in me, inside of me, a part of me screams away silently
This part of me won't go away, part of me won't go away

Everywhere I look around I see how everyone aught to be
Every time I see myself I see
there's always something wrong with me

I feel it everyday
I feel I made my way
I feel it swell up inside, swell up inside
Swallowing me
I feel it everyday
I feel I made my way
I feel it swell up inside, swell up inside
Swallowing me

I feel it swell up inside, swell up inside, swallowing me
I feel it swell up inside, swell up inside, swallowing me
I'm sorry- I lost who gave me this one!
With You

I woke up in a dream today
To the cold of the static
and put my cold feet on the floor
Forgot all about yesterday
Remembering IÕm pretending to be where IÕm not anymore
A little taste of hypocrisy
And IÕm left in the wake of the mistake slow to react
Even though youÕre so close to me
YouÕre still so distant and I canÕt bring you back
Chorus
ItÕs true the way I feel
Was promised by your face
The sound of your voice
Painted on my memories
Even if youÕre not with me
IÕm with you
You know I see keeping everything inside
With you
You know I see even when I close my eyes
I hit you and you hit me back
We fall to the floor the rest of the day stands still
Fine line between this and that
When things go wrong I pretend the past isnÕt real
Now I'm trapped in this memory
And IÕm left in the wake of the mistake slow to react
Even though youÕre close to me
YouÕre still so distant and I canÕt bring you back
Chorus
No
No matter how far we've come
I can't wait to see tomorrow
No matter how far we've come
I can't wait to see tomorrow
With You
You know I see keeping everything inside
With You
You know I see even when I close my eyes (Repeat)
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Numb

I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless lost under the surface
Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

Can't you see that you're smothering me
Holding too tightly afraid to lose control
Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

And I know I may end up failing too
But I know You were just like me
With someone disappointed in you

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Tired of being what you want me to be
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Tired of being what you want me to be
Thanks to Teri
Breaking the Habit

Memories consume
Like opening the wound
IÕm picking me apart again
You all assume
IÕm safe here in my room
(unless I try to start again)

I donÕt want to be the one
The battles always choose
ÔCause inside I realize
That IÕm the one confused

I donÕt know whatÕs worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I donÕt know why I instigate
And say what I donÕt mean
I donÕt know how I got this way
I know itÕs not alright
So IÕm
Breaking the habit
Tonight

Clutching my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again
I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I had no options left again

IÕll paint it on the walls
ÔCause IÕm the one at fault
IÕll never fight again
And this is how it ends

I donÕt know whatÕs worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
But now I have some clarity
To show you what I mean
I donÕt know how I got this
IÕll never be alright
So IÕm
Breaking the habit
Breaking the habit
Tonight
Thanks to Jen for this!
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