Burning

Do you really understand what it's like
to be standing on the outside lookin' in
All your thoughts collide into one car wreck
never able to separate what's fantasy from what's happenin'

Take me, twist me, change me
make me into everything you wanted me to be

And [you], you just stay watching me burn down this ship
And [I], I just pray that this time I won't slip

You can't escape the thoughts
not from this game we're playing [you've not won]
Can't let these things change me and make me
can't let you persecute me for the things you think I've done

Shove me, punch me, beat me
make me pay for all this damage I have done

And [you], you just stay watching me burn down this ship
And [I], I just pray that this time I won't slip

Take this, they scream, it'll fix all your problems
make those highs not so high and those lows not so low
take this, and you'll be just like the rest of us, they say
but then, how will I know friend from foe

Take me, twist me, change me
make me into everything you wanted me to be

And [you], you just stay watching me burn down this ship
And [I], I just pray that this time I won't slip

All this pain [it won't go away]
Your face, won't disappear from my dreams
All these things [I remember] can't stay
All this pain, I don't know what it all means

Shove me, punch me, beat me
make me pay for all this damage I have done

And [you], you just stay watching me burn down this ship
And [I], I just pray that this time I won't slip