a life of pain

too sane for your own good

a life of pain

too civil to follow your own rules

a life of pain

wake up to reality when you'd rather hit the snooze

a life of pain

say my pain isn't real enough cause i ain't have it as bad as you

a life of pain

think i ain’t seen enough cause i don’t see it the same as you

a life of pain

claim i don't deserve it cause i didn’t have to work as hard as you

a life of pain

feeling entitled to all the things you think i have to prove

a life of pain

filled with resentment for all the things you've had to lose

a life of pain...

stuck any which way, we choose?

a life of pain...

tell me,

in the pictures you paint,

do i fit the frame?

in this life of sinner and saint,

why do we all end up the same?

we run in opposite directions

how do we keep getting in each other's way?

you say i'll never relate

yet your eyes feel more familiar than my own

when i look in it, i recognize

a life of pain

stuck in the dark infinite void,

hung up on who to blame

swirling in muddy water

the perils of a directionless place

would you be mad at me if i told you there was no one to blame?

for all the culprits you found, did it take the pain away?

what if i told you there was a way

...to leave it all behind without a single trace?

would you be willing...

to do what it takes?

would you be ready...

to drop all the games?


forgive me,


i never meant to make you relive it


i just wanted you to be free of it


forgive me...


i used to wish you’d let me in


now i just wish you’d let yourself out


the truth is...


in this life of pain


i have realized...


there is nothing i can offer you


as desperately as i wanted to


i have realized...


there are no saviors


there are no victims


there is only pain


...and freedom from it