A Synthetic Soul
Eats You Alive
Why must we all ache and bleed
just so we can live and chase a dream
that most of us will never reach?
I've been chained to this taste of my stolen life.
decaying without grace as time passes by.
They've made the mistake trying to cage my smile
but my soul will never break with these
tribulations and trials.
Even if you give more than you take.
there's still a hell of a price to pay.
A turbulent life makes a great place for flying a kite.
There's much more I see in you
than an open door that I see though.
If I were there today.
I Don't think it would be OK.
If walked out of the rain.
If I heard you call my name.
If I were there today.
I don't think it would be OK.
You don't know about this life I live.
So how can dare try to judge me
based solely on my failures?
What can I make of this?
Even wheels turn on me down here
where the rubber meets the road.
Silence is not what its all about.
If you have breath in your lungs,
you need to scream and let it out.
We belong here between the earth and the sky,
and only love can bring the dead back to life.
So tell me. How does it feel on the outside
when I'm locked on the inside?
Don't let somebody tell you that you're nobody.
Stop trying to control so many things that aren't
within the power of your own two hands.
You can bury the frustration deep down on the inside.
You can pour your whole heart and soul into what you're doing.
Then try to figure out the point of living half heatedly.
People are evil.
They're not out to do good.
They will smile in your face
while they're filled full of hate.
They will lie all night and day
and they're not really listening to a word you say.
You can't fill an empty life
with more emptiness.
This is what you get when you try to be
something that you're not.
The bad thing about seeing all things
in black and Grey,
is the beauty of the colors that you forgot.
You won't comprehend this life when you die.
You've only got time to wait,
to see if your decisions were right.
Faith may be something miles away
from where you're standing.
But I know you know that something's missing
in this life you're living.
Not everything is gonna be
the way you think it ought to be.
You can tell your lies
and they'll tell there's to.
You can fake a smile
and they'll fake one too.
Trapped in a job you hate.
Same routine everyday.
A superficial life
when you're sitting in traffic
developing a habit.
You fill your life with plastic,
you don't need it
but you got to have it.
You want to be happy,
but the truth is that not everyone
gets to have this.
But they all pretend
to be such good men.
A top notch friend.
But it eats you alive.
It tears down your life.
Such a great disguise.
But you're hollow inside.
But happiness is not a piece of plastic
you can buy and put up on a shelf and dust
when you have time.
But inside your mind,
you're so high
and mighty,
that you don't need anybody.
You don't need somebody
who's not on the outside
what they are on the inside.
When you stand to change a life,
and you don't only choose to do something kind
when you're in front of other peoples eyes.
You should learn to listen
rather than to tell more lies.
Sweet water pours from a cup have full
so the vessel can be empty
just like the rest of the world.
Day after day you can slave
work your fingers to the bone.
Every muscle aches
but the job is never done.
You can walk barefoot across cold sand.
Your shadow could be you're only friend.
With eyes that are like a fire
burning in the night.
Dancing in your mind
are dreams of another life.
You can be a man in this world
who's hands are always cold.
One who doesn't give a damn,
and there's no place that you call home.
Putting on the glasses.
Swimming though the madness.
Spinning is the fastest way to turn around.
And if it's happiness you seek...
You can't lose something that you never found.
just so we can live and chase a dream
that most of us will never reach?
I've been chained to this taste of my stolen life.
decaying without grace as time passes by.
They've made the mistake trying to cage my smile
but my soul will never break with these
tribulations and trials.
Even if you give more than you take.
there's still a hell of a price to pay.
A turbulent life makes a great place for flying a kite.
There's much more I see in you
than an open door that I see though.
If I were there today.
I Don't think it would be OK.
If walked out of the rain.
If I heard you call my name.
If I were there today.
I don't think it would be OK.
You don't know about this life I live.
So how can dare try to judge me
based solely on my failures?
What can I make of this?
Even wheels turn on me down here
where the rubber meets the road.
Silence is not what its all about.
If you have breath in your lungs,
you need to scream and let it out.
We belong here between the earth and the sky,
and only love can bring the dead back to life.
So tell me. How does it feel on the outside
when I'm locked on the inside?
Don't let somebody tell you that you're nobody.
Stop trying to control so many things that aren't
within the power of your own two hands.
You can bury the frustration deep down on the inside.
You can pour your whole heart and soul into what you're doing.
Then try to figure out the point of living half heatedly.
People are evil.
They're not out to do good.
They will smile in your face
while they're filled full of hate.
They will lie all night and day
and they're not really listening to a word you say.
You can't fill an empty life
with more emptiness.
This is what you get when you try to be
something that you're not.
The bad thing about seeing all things
in black and Grey,
is the beauty of the colors that you forgot.
You won't comprehend this life when you die.
You've only got time to wait,
to see if your decisions were right.
Faith may be something miles away
from where you're standing.
But I know you know that something's missing
in this life you're living.
Not everything is gonna be
the way you think it ought to be.
You can tell your lies
and they'll tell there's to.
You can fake a smile
and they'll fake one too.
Trapped in a job you hate.
Same routine everyday.
A superficial life
when you're sitting in traffic
developing a habit.
You fill your life with plastic,
you don't need it
but you got to have it.
You want to be happy,
but the truth is that not everyone
gets to have this.
But they all pretend
to be such good men.
A top notch friend.
But it eats you alive.
It tears down your life.
Such a great disguise.
But you're hollow inside.
But happiness is not a piece of plastic
you can buy and put up on a shelf and dust
when you have time.
But inside your mind,
you're so high
and mighty,
that you don't need anybody.
You don't need somebody
who's not on the outside
what they are on the inside.
When you stand to change a life,
and you don't only choose to do something kind
when you're in front of other peoples eyes.
You should learn to listen
rather than to tell more lies.
Sweet water pours from a cup have full
so the vessel can be empty
just like the rest of the world.
Day after day you can slave
work your fingers to the bone.
Every muscle aches
but the job is never done.
You can walk barefoot across cold sand.
Your shadow could be you're only friend.
With eyes that are like a fire
burning in the night.
Dancing in your mind
are dreams of another life.
You can be a man in this world
who's hands are always cold.
One who doesn't give a damn,
and there's no place that you call home.
Putting on the glasses.
Swimming though the madness.
Spinning is the fastest way to turn around.
And if it's happiness you seek...
You can't lose something that you never found.