You can hear a voice, it's telling you to leave Knowing you can't win, looking at what you've done again Never to remain the same, you've ruined everything again It's expected, because of you, doesn't matter if it's true You can't make it alright, you can't make it alright Find a million ways to fail, now maybe you will prevail Don't you wish you weren't here, don't you wish you weren't here

It goes in, it goes out, I don't know why I used to listen (x2) There's a building in the country where they make a lot of money, and they tell you how to live When I was a kid, I'd listen to them speak, but I didn't agree with their actions or how they'd see people just like me Except i knew hoe to blend then I decided that I didn't want to pretend I felt their hypocrisy, and knew that just wasn't me Now it goes in, it goes out, I don't know why I used to listen Now I see the world for the lie that it is, tryin not to trip, tryin to remain positive Not a nihilist otherwise miserable, that's how it is when you feel it's all an illusion impermanent I ain't in a rush to leave, but I know the ferryman's savin me a seat, but I only know what they told me, so all I know is I really know nothing Now it goes in, it goes out, I don't know why I used to listen It goes in, and it goes out, I don't know why I used to listen

Got you screwed up, you've been used up, now you're tensed up, like you're bout to erupt (x2) Like Pompeii (x3) return to the ash Like Pompeii (x3) return to the ash Like Pompeii (x3) return to the ash Journey through the other side look around at all the eyes dead inside left to rot inside their own mind we're livin different lives, but the narratives align in as much as we're all lost in his dimension we can't hope to find clarity buried in the lies from our youth now there's no use we're just runnin round in a flesh suit viscera, tendons, wounds that won't mend, and a program runnin that just says you'll never win Ain't no one tryin to hear your problems They're still tryin to fix all their own Good luck findin how to solve them You're in this one alone Windows into the void, watch the abyss look back In this space, and time, faster toward the black Got you screwed up, you've been used up, now you're tensed up, like you're bout to erupt (x2) Like Pompeii (x3) return to the ash Like Pompeii (x3) return to the ash Like Pompeii (x3) return to the ash

Life begins like it ends, in the dark, in the dark Open eyes closed mouth as I start to look around, no sound look down I don't know what it's about, runnin round head down feet planted in a cloud turn around shadows keep runnin down the road now I'm in the wilderness learnin all about anatomy, hide and seek catch my smoke signal from behind a tree, this is far beyond a dream nothing I have ever seen this nightmare is too surreal to be scary this nightmare is too surreal to be scary, but it'll catch up later, and take a different form, eyes worn now my mind's eye is gone to the eye of the storm, turbulent tempest, a hurricane of locusts, drinking my performance hoping it'll make me focus, I wanna share my pain with the world, do you think they'll notice I wanna share my pain with the world, do you think they'll notice, am I just a waste of bandwidth, oxygen, the reluctant optimist the other shoe will drop again make sure you're tuned in, there's a hole in the bathroom floor so we don't use the ceiling fan no more Life begins like it ends, in the dark, in the dark

It's been a real long week, had to fight to keep from stayin asleep don't wanna move, and I don't even wanna think of doin nothin at all, but maybe havin a drink I can't just stare at the walls, they're closin in on me so I text all my people, but nobody's answering so I'm all up in my thoughts steady analyzing what I could've donw wrong, and every word that I said now the dark clouds swirl all around my head, but I shake 'em and take a walk to the store, buy a 40 for my trouble then the phone goes off, there's a party goin on, and they want me to come, they'll be here in a minute to come pick me up so we get to the spot, and I walk in the door, there's a bunch of people I ain't never seen before, so I find an empty corner where the light's real low, and I keep my head down, and hope nobody will notice that I'm awkward, just standin there, I got nothin to say so I stand there, till it's time to go I just drink, and try to blend in, tell myself I'll do better if i ever get the chance again

I can't help you, and you can't help me, and we can't help that we're bad for each other (x2) Symbiotic cyanide, my heart's pumpin in triple time cause when you're near I kinda feel like I wanna die We can run around in astral planes and see the stars, or we can go downtown, and get kicked out of all the bars You say i never call enough that's why you think I hate, but I been fightin demons maybe I'll call back one day Got my hands around the neck of an ice cold beast, do i drain the blood from it, or does it empty me There's something strange about you, and I like it I can't help you, and you can't help me, and we can't help that we're bad for each other (x2) You know I ain't nothin, but you choose to stick around you can see my next breakdown from the best seat in the house when the forest falls I'll record all the sound, and then make a new song you can download off of soundcloud when you tell me all the words you know I need to hear, i am no longer crushed give medication a cheer now we laugh at our faults, and don't bother with blame, it doesn't matter if I'm sorry cause the words hold no weight I can't help you, and you can't help me, and we can't help that we're bad for each other (x2) There's something strange about you, and I like it Misadventures on the street, never know just who you'll meet you know I'm the pied piper weirdo king, homeless kids hang in the morgue cause that's where they do their thing, no all bodies talk, but the ones who do ain't mean, and they ain't as cold as people in the check cashin line, they don't stare at you nosed turned, they can't open their eyes, they got nothing to cling to, no one to depend on, we're just trudging along, the life cycle will eat it's own I can't help you, and you can't help me, and we can't help that we're bad for each other (x4) There's something strange about you, and I like it

Let it sink in, control from within, this is help, that's all there is (x2) Now go Get out and smile, show you're worthwhile, weighed by the ounce, and shown around Defects are found, now you're cast out, that will be all, you're not needed now If I could, don't you think I would have by now Let it sink in, control from within, this is help, that's all there is (x2) Now go Clear blue sky vitamin rays, all I see is shades of grey Welts on neck from how I hang, I think I was born this way Join in as I medicate, find reason to celebrate made it through another day, got numbness in a sober state smoke is thick the flood is deep, washing all the world off me drowning in a field of dreams, the desolation's comforting play my part, and do it well, with masters you can never tell woke up in a minor hell, check these complaints I might as well go Let it sink in, control from within, this is help, that's all there is (x2)

Submit to the wave, you must submit to the wave (repeat) Acid reign, color change, dimensions never were the same cant explain how it's legit but I got fixed with normal things life under a tree until it started gettin quiet, then I just focused on the ongoing riot ride the wave thru undertow, I'm surfin on insanity, I know I still got far to go, but I ain't even mad at me I can be the lotus pod or I can be the fire, architect of everything, and nothing's my desire Submit to the wave, you must submit to the wave (repeat) I can find beauty in a wall of blood splatters, thru the tragedy, and triumph it grows clear that nothing matters There's a peace within the storm, and in the eye is where it lives, look for what has gone away, and miss all that it gives ponder on the sorrows, and reflect upon the joy, come crack a cold one, and smoke somethin with ya boy we call it philosophy, but it's just livin life, praise for all the happiness, and lessons from the hard times Submit to the wave, you must submit to the wave (repeat) This ain't bout givin up, it's about gettin up, doin for self, not waitin for anyone turn the tides, stay strong, go hard, it ain't always how you expect, but you can do it all plan your work, work your plan, don't cease, then you'll stand upon the top while the others stay asleep striving for mastery of the self, and everything that I hold within the grasp of this thing we call reality Submit to the wave, you must submit to the wave (repeat)

All the madness, always exists All the sadness, it don't stop All of the bliss, always exists All the happiness, it don't stop Runnin on fumes for a thousand miles, the engine whines it might break down So far to go, and I can't stop now, gears will grind, learn to love the sound Pistons work, combust with hellfire, scream like a banshee, smile like Cheshire I ain't never felt like this before, staring down the road with my foot thru the floor I'm a man possessed, a titan in flesh, I ain't holdin the wheel, too busy wavin at death I ain't holdin the wheel, too busy wavin at death Imagine we're just an illusion we thought up, everything that we see is a reflection of us, all the lies, all the hate, all the love, all the peace, everything good, and bad dwells within you, and me It really ain't as far-fetched as you might think, from the ancient religions up to quantum theory, there is no beginning or end to this reality, our component parts are stretching out to infinity All the madness, always exists All the sadness, it don't stop All of the bliss, always exists All the happiness, it don't stop