WHAT DO I DO TO IGNORE THEM BEHIND.ME?
DO I FOLLOW MY INSTINCTS BLINDLY?
DO I HIDE MY PRIDE/FROM THESE BAD DREAMS
AND GIVE IN TO 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 I'M STRETCHED.SO THIN
I MAKE THE RIGHT MOVES BUT I'M 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 CAN'T RELY ON MYSELF

I CAN'T HOLD ON
[TO WHAT I WANT WHEN I'M STRETCHED SO THIN]
IT'S ALL TOO MUCH TO TAKE IN
I CAN'T HOLD ON
[TO ANYTHING WATCHING EVERYTHING SPIN]
WITH THOUGHTS OF FAILURE SINKING IN

IF I/TURN MY BACK I'M DEFENSELESS
AND TO 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 I'LL BE OUTDONE
BUT IF I TRY TO CATCH THEM I'LL BE OUTRUN

IF I'M KILLED BY THE QUESTIONS LIKE A CANCER
THEN I'LL BE BURIED IN THE SILENCE OF THE ANSWER
[BY MYSELF]

HOW DO YOU THINK/I'VE LOST SO MUCH
I'M SO AFRAID/I'M OUT OF TOUCH
HOW DO YOU EXPECT/I WILL KNOW WHAT TO DO
WHEN ALL I KNOW/IS WHAT YOU TELL ME TO

DON'T YOU KNOW
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW TO MAKE IT GO
NO MATTER WHAT I DO, HOW HARD I TRY
I CAN'T SEEM TO CONVINCE MYSELF WHY
I'M STUCK ON THE OUTSIDE