: (Instrumental)
: Culture hostage. I?m writhing in the cold grasp of justice, as she turns away. Blind is she supposed to be but, someone took a razor to her mask
: Wonder where?d the time go? There it was, gone in the blink of an eye. See how much life is left staring back in my face? But I know it now as clear
: Imagine if you will, what it means . . . this worthless life. Tried my best to the scratch the surface got bloody broken fingernails. Convincing stories
: I gotta have it, gotta drink the high life. I?ll buy a new suit, black skinny necktie. I?ll mingle with elite and imitate and they?ll never even get
: Last time, missed my chance but never again. The further away you slip, the more I?ll dig in. All things come around again and this time I?ll be ready
: When I?m lost . . . I find a way. I hear voices. I feel them surround me, pull me from the edge. I close my eyes and . . . . my luck keeps holding
: She said, ?Baby, where you been? Why?d you have to leave me? I?m on the other side . . . just looking in.? I?ve been so high; I climbed to the mountaintop
: I walk around in circles, up all night. I wish there was something in my life that turned out right. I?m waiting here for reasons that used to be
: You think you?re smart, inventive because you?ve figured out my game? Pride is a handy substitute, when you?ve got only yourself to blame. All my
: I still have questions with no answers. I?m alive . . . but I?m not living. I don?t have much time left . . . I just know this: I?ve lived a violent
: Lost my faith in humanity and I don?t trust in society I?m numb, cold, ready. No one else dies today . . . What did you do? I don?t remember . . .
: I feel like I?m rising, as everything falls away. I feel old like the cold wind blowing outside today. Got my finger on the trigger and no one cares
: Back streets . . . oh hell, back where I started from there?s not a thing . . . but you. When they took you, when they took you from me and left
: "Hooray for you convict, you're a free man!"
: Is there some other way out of here? Somewhere I could find myself? Can?t sleep enough, can?t stay high. All the promises . . . just another lie.
: Where are you now? Feeling small. Can?t live without it? You call this your best? I made my life a mess. And everyone but you sees it. What a fool
Lost my faith in humanity and I don?t trust in society I?m numb, cold, ready. No one else dies today . . . What did you do? I don?t remember . . .