Shades go up.
Mother's starin down.
She don't know where he's been
Or how long he's been out.
She said, "Boy, I'm tired of waiting up while you're out with your friends."
He said, "Mom, I'm trying and I'm livin' my life the best way that I can."

'Cause I'm trying to be somebody.
I'm not trying to be somebody else.
This life is mine. I'm livin'.
Don't you know me?

you said i got somethin to say
then you got that look in your eye
there is something you've got to know
you said it as you started to cry

ive been down the wrong road tonight
and i swear ill never go there again
ive seen this face once before
and i dont think i can do this again

Theres something I can see
theres something different in the way you smile
Behind those eyes, you lie

In the glare of a neon sign...
...she laid her body down.
The damned walked in beside her...
...and he laid his money down.

He said: "Don't try to scream, now.
...but I want this one to hurt.
And tonight, my pretty one...
I'm gonna get my money's worth."

She said they never listen...
She said they'd never understand.
That I don't this for pleasure...
I just do it cause I can.

I hope youre doing fine up there without me
'Cause I'm not doing so good without you
The things I thought you'd never know about me
Were the things I guess you always understood
So how could I have been so blind for all these years
I guess I only see the truth through all this fear of living without you

And everything I have in this world
And all that I'll ever be

I woke up today in London
As the plane was touching down
And all I could think about was Monday
When maybe Id be back around
If this keeps me away much longer
I dont know what I would do
You got to understand its a hard life,
that Im going through

And when the night falls in around me
And I dont think Ill make it through
Ill use your light to guide the way
Cuz all I think about is you

One more kiss could be the best thing
But one more lie could be the worst
And all these thoughts are never resting
And you're not something I deserve

In my head there's only you now
This world falls on me
In this world there's real and make believe
And this seems real to me

[Chorus]
You love me but you don't know who I am
I'm torn between this life I lead and where I stand

Show me the road and I will find my own
You build your bridges and I'll burn em down
So far away and all alone I roam
I'm taking chances in the here and now

And all you wonder is who's for sale,
Well you wont know now and I wont tell
You're always hiding, throwing up your hands
While heroes ride again

[chorus]
God only knows all the places I've been

Your stuck on a chain
And your toeing a lie
Seems like everytime that you catch up
You only fall behind

And your trapped inside this world you made yourself
but that's not the world I live in
this is not the life for me
cause my world is bigger than your problems
and it's bigger than me
that's not the world I live in
this is not the life for me
cause my world is bigger than your problems

Lay me down
Wash this blood off my hands for me while I cry out
Don't let me die before I go to sleep
And I can't keep going
But I cannot start again

This road I walk is paved with broken promises I've made
At least a million times I've fallen
But never will I break

These walls I make
They could hold me in and hold me back today

And theres a difference than spending time with me
And killing time while I'm there
Too many people and too many things
And it makes me feel like hell
You have gone as I can see
And all of this she says to me

[Chorus]
Theres too many questions
And too many strings
And they won't keep this thing tied
On a roller coaster ride
It Feels like im lying next to a ghost at night

I wanted to find somewhere to hide
And I opened up and left those fears inside
And I wanted to be anyone else
Only to find that there was no one there but me

But I woke up to real life
And I realised its not worth running from anymore
When there was nowhere left to hide I found out
That nothings real here but I wont stop now until I find a better part of me