What's more important: who you spend your time with, or what you spend your time doing?  Is it better to do the wrong thing with the right people, or to do the right thing with the wrong people?

Some people are like bombs, just waiting to go off
Waiting for that spark that's sure to set them off
Just dying to explode, their reasons sometimes unknown
Maybe they were made to blow, but some of them will never go
Lying dormant, no fire for the fuse
Waiting silently, just longing to be used

"This time is for real, there will be none greater than this!"* - a record stuck on repeat

You're hungry but you don't want to eat
You're tired but you don't want to sleep
You're blinded but you don't want to see
You're dying but you don't want to breathe

Boredom may drive you to some scary places
Where ignorance hides behind all of our faces
What we ignore is everything we fear
Don't ask me why, I don't know how I got here

In darkness I walked
With you I talked
I asked for your help
But there was nothing you could do
You told me I was weak
There was no response I could speak
You told me I would hit the bottom on my own
You told me I would have to climb out alone
Well I have seen the floor of the well
I have tried to escape but to no avail
I continued to reach for a hand that was not there
So there I sat and lost my reason to care
With no light to guide my way
With no fight to get through the day
I found myself alone with the truth
The carvings on the wall will provide you the proof
The strength to escape must come from within
If you believe you cannot do it on your own
Then forever you will try but you will never win
I have begun to find the strength inside
To climb out of the hole where I reside
I have begun to see the light of day
Now there is nothing standing in my way

Take a breath
push it out
Clear your mind
escape from doubt

Now take a seat
spin the spoke
Pull the smoke
Let your life and mind meet

A rush of sight, colors rapid and bright
The sound of screaming static
And explosions up in your attic
*now's the time for you to breakthrough
you're falling away from the world that you knew
into the void of your entire existence
free from the weight of universal resistance

Like substance I abuse you.
I crave you.
There's nothing I won't do,
For a taste
Of my next big mistake
With your face

I needed some help down on the old farm, I was wondering if you could come lend me an arm. I didn't mean to scare you or cause you any harm, I just needed someone to help silence the alarm. The locks on the cages have all rusted and snapped, but the pigs are happy just to play in their crap. The horses got free, I don't think they're coming back. I don't care for the sheep though, their fleece is ***** and black. I guess I'll just let them all stay out tonight, because getting them back alone is too much of a fight

He gave in again to savor some silver shrouded sin, and so the night was called in to begin her slow descent into the openings of his skin.

Write a line, cross it out
Spill another, still no good
One more time, cross it out
I can't quit even though I should
Page to page, wasted ink
Word for word, still can't explain
What do I mean, I can't think
These thoughts have driven me insane

All day, every day
He tries so hard to hide away
But no matter how deep the hole, he can't escape from his own soul

He wants separation

This is not justification

He's living degeneration

Now this is desperation

Jump out the window and try to fly
The worst that could happen is you crash and die
And even that wouldn't be too bad
Just try not to think of the things that make you sad
On the way down you might change your mind
But now its too late, you left second chances behind
Maybe somebody will catch you before you hit
But to be honest you really don't give a ****

Thoughts like insects,
Six legged sadness carriers.
I bash my head against the wall,
To hear them pop and splatter.

Wedged into my ways by hammers of guilt and shame, I've buried myself beneath heavy bricks of blame

What a beautiful day to set the world to flame
I'll burn down this city before I die of shame
On a night as dark as the void behind my eyes
I'll build a fire to ignite the whole sky

Tear down the hospitals that couldn't fix the pain
Wreck the television stations for all the **** they play
**** all the scenes and smite the popular crowds
**** absolutely everybody that I'm going to let down

This could be the place where I lay my heart on the line, or shrug you off again and say I'm fine
You could be the heart where I can easily rest my head, or the hole where I can be buried along with your best intent

Swept up into a dream
The likes of which I'd never seen
Time when fast but we went slow
And nobody around us could have known
All the incredible and amazing places that we would see
We walked out the front door into another room
We looked behind us and saw that the distance grew
There we were so far from where we began
Both standing there, not alone, but hand in hand
Ready to face the impossible and unknown world again
We reach a window open it up
We climb out and were on a mountain top
From up here everyone can hear us now
And there's not a thing in this world that can bring us down

A passing butterfly had caught my glance
I watched it float so free and weightless
I caught the bug and made it my own
I picked out the jar that it would now call home
Once inside it started to change
No longer did it hover with its beauty and grace
It just sat and waited to be free from this place
So I set it free because it should never have been mine
But just as it turned to look at me one last time
That beauty burst into a magnificent flame
The fire that lives inside me is the culprit to blame

Let the monster free, he will not bring you harm. He's there to protect you, and he is your lucky charm. Break the chains you've been told that he needs. Relinquish you fear, and learn to let him be.

I'm sitting home alone trying to reach death through the phone, he answers and says he's got someone on the other line, and he asks if he can call me back in five, I say ok hang up and go out for a drive, because I know he won't call me back, I've tried this at least a hundred times.

I don't want you to be good, I just need you to be mine, because all I'm looking for is a place where I can let my darkness shine

Emotional rollercoaster
Corn dogs of hope
Bumper car regrets
Tilt a whirl responsibilities
Twister of sensation
***** on her dress
Rejection of admission
Too short of esteem
Broken snow cone machine

You see me and I see you
Now what are we gonna do
Because I know you know
And you know I know
There's something deeper than we let show

I've been caught flat footed before but I always got away
When I opened my mouth I always had the right words to say
But now I've been found with my feet shoved down my throat
I have nothing to speak and I have no way to let go
of the skin I've been nibbling on so thoroughly
This flesh may rot inside but it does not sicken me
I have long since learned to suffer the taste of what you see

Hello friend, how are you
I'd really like to talk, just us two
We can chat for hours about the mundane and trivial
And maybe express our feelings over tomorrows morning cereal

You'd be better off leaving me for dead, because nobody can kick the voices from my head. They sit inside with chains tied to my throat and my brain, and anytime I try to pull away, they drag me back and hold me to the pain

I was born with chameleon skin
I can change my colors at a whim
Red, blue, green, and every single shade in between
But my coat does not reflect my parts that go unseen

I am not a flammable substance, though I can be reactive under the right conditions
If you add yourself to my solution, my chemistry will violently reject you and send my own existence into remission

You went into the restaurant and asked for a seat with strangers, and a plate of nothing but bubble gum
You weren't there because you were hungry, but because you were lonely and tired of biting your tongue

There and here i disappear for reasons easy to understand but hard to find the root of,, and my branches dont bend these days, theyve all begun to break
Down and out, back again, and then thrown out the door again, always lost, always confused, and on the losing end
Of life, of love, of simple self fufilment, ive tried every way you speak of yet i do not feel whole
Where i lie, with glassy eyes, i try to find the spies that lie amongst the company with which i try
To keep appearances and quaint relations, much a bother, i cant be dealt with
Desire, a pitchfork,  flames or stone
It does not matter to ne, for none shall own my throne

I've spent too long in these woods and now I'm afraid I'll never escape. These trees have now been watching me for several years, as I've shrunk from a man, full of promises and potential, just seeking inspiration, into a wanton waste of nothingness, just wandering wrecklesly, while these mighty wooden watchers just continue to grow, bloom, and blossom around me, and I simply cannot keep up with them.

There was a time when our love could breathe and it all felt good that we have long since abandoned, and now as I watch what little that remains be choked by smoke and swallowed by flames in the back seat of my broke down sedan, all I can think of as I smile and laugh is that I'll never get to see any of it again

The devil in the distance grows closer with each step
And the angels in the air have faces full of regret
Coming into focus, I can read his face
We all came here knowing no one would escape

These cold nights never seem to end
Alcohol's warmth is my only feeling
I wake up alone and look for a friend
This frozen heart has reached its end
Where once I knew I could always find
There is no shelter for this empty mind
Now it is black, and covered in snow
Cold and rejected, I walk home alone

I just want you
For a short walk under the moon
With the breeze that will chill your exposed skin
I'll offer you my jacket if you would let me in
To the heart where my all of my faith has been placed
I can't help but smile when I see your face
But if you reject me and make me walk home alone
I'll leave with regret knowing we both went home cold

You are what adds flourish to the light and dark, you are what gives either their meaning

Nothing ever feels so close to home like all alone
Nothing ever feels like home except for getting ******
I want to go back inside
I don't want to face the bright light of day
Don't get me wrong, I know it's not so bad
But everything was easier when nothing was all I had
This heart full of love is too heavy for me
This mind at peace is too steady for me to sleep
I miss the crashing waves of misery and fear
I miss the way I felt before I fell for you my dear

She said gimme a call, just not today or tomorrow
Maybe some time next week, next month, or maybe next year
Isn't it clear that she doesn't want you here

You took me out of the sea and then taught me to breathe oxygen without water and then questioned me for falling for the only daughter of those who believed that praying to god would grant them relief from the impending slaughter that they signed up for in order to see the true path that lies beneath each brother and sister no matter how strong we build our resistors

Riding down the highway, heading to your heart
There was a nasty accident, a ten car pile up
Now I'm running late, and you no longer want to wait

How can I ever hope to break through when I've already been broken by all the mounting proof that what I once believed was never even true?

Why is it we don't want to be alone
Yet we curse and reject those waiting for us at home
Why is it we want to live free
Yet we pay for the fruit hanging from the trees
Why is it so
I don't know
We live lives of senseless contradiction
Never are we happy yet we accept our position
Its as if we don't know what we need
So we'll live our lives while our hearts bleed

I can't control my love
it goes wherever it wants
Whether I myself am wanted there or not
It gets me caught in tight situations
like when I run into you in town
I can't keep seeing you around
Because whenever I do, I get the urge to reach out and capture you
I try to keep my eyes away, but in those moments my heart has all the say
I really hope I don't see you today
Because when I do you'll look the other way
I wish I could get a leash, tie up my heart and never release it
I wish I could break myself, and then rebuild with all the pieces
I'd build a wall nearly twenty feet tall, just to keep me away from them all
All the ones i want to love, the ones that will leave me undone
I'll lock my heart inside a cage, and there it'll stay until I come of age
When im mature enough to love without obsessing
When im smart enough to love without *******

Do you want me to get better, or to be better than you? Because I can count to one, but I'll never make it to two

This is heart station calling all limbs, don't panic yet but a fights about to begin, and if you want to survive you better pick the right side or you'll be ejected from the rest of our skin.

This is brain station, what's going on, sensors telling me something gotta be wrong
Wait, there's someone in here
We are not alone said the mind to itself

Crashing through the wall came the heart soldiers sneak assault, capturing the brain and taking control of the body again

You've gotta prove that you can own it
Make them know how bad you want it
Tell them what you'd do to hold it
Let your skin show like you told it
Once you've got it don't let go

Don't let go

Another night spent all alone, no surprises there, and I'd bet my life that tomorrow will only bring me more despair, and I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but that's a pretty ****** thing to bring

******* future, you're just an infinite expanse of possibilities, but in every single one you feel the need to throw limitless misery at me.

The clock is ticking, oh wait it's not, it's been stopped for five months now. I guess the sounds are just engrained into my head, and I wonder if I'd still hear the voices if there really is a life after I'm dead.

Love is dead, love is dead!
You can hear all about it on the streets
We give,  we give!
Yet we are never given what we need
God is dead, god is dead!
There's no more need to believe
We live, we live!
But we don't know what that means