The only thing that changes Is that nothing stays the same There’s always some new way We find we’re buried in the pain Someday, we will find The happiness that we desire But now, we suffer sweetly As we stumble through the fire We choke on smoke of memories And battles we have lost Even when we win We find that losing is the cost Choking on the hopes That keep us holding out for more Wanting something, anything To numb us to the core When will we find everything That we’ve been looking for? Nothing left but nothing I can’t take this anymore Rip this broken heart out Of the darkness in my chest And give me just one moment For my weary soul to rest I know the day will come When everything will be all right If I can only make it through This one dark, hellish night
But even sleep won’t make it so To unconsciousness I go To the land of pleasant nightmares Where the winds of change still blow May my slumber bring the end To living hell, where I’m condemned Where no amount of dreams Can make this waking nightmare end
So wide awake In this land of disenchantment This disease Slowly poisoning my heart I can’t fake this anymore This pain that I’ve commanded Everything I’ve never done All the things that I’ve done wrong I’ve tried so hard To be the man I long to be Watching every selfless action Fashioned into my demise I can’t take this anymore My every waking moment Now consuming every reason I have left for holding on I want to end this pain But I don’t want to leave this world With so many battles raging Just to save my weary smile I won’t take this anymore My life I’m not forsaking I just want to rest my heart for a while
But even sleep won’t make it so To unconsciousness I go To the land of pleasant nightmares Where the winds of change still blow May my slumber bring the end To living hell, where I’m condemned Where no amount of dreams Can make this waking nightmare end
Everything that’s come before Has taught me that persistence Is the key, and holding on Sometimes means letting go Everything that’s now in store Is silently insisting That I give myself over To the pain that lives inside I won’t break like times before Your words won’t devastate me ‘Cause your life is not in order How the hell can you live mine? You can’t see what’s on the inside ‘Cause you can’t see past the shell You only hate me ‘Cause you hate who you’ve become You’ve fooled yourself, you know But your lies now have control You’re the only one believing Just how all of this will go I won’t take this anymore I won’t do this anymore I won’t let you break my heart So you can soothe your empty soul I’m tired of your lies But you still can’t hear my cries You can’t even see what’s coming By my sweetly twisted smile You’ve fashioned your own cell This is over, this is hell But, your black and bleeding heart Will surely stay with me a while
My hate will make it so To your level I now go I can be your living nightmare Since your heart has turned to stone May my words now bring an end To living hell, where you pretend That every lie you’ve spoken Makes you happy in the end Even sleep won’t rest your soul For unconsciousness, I know Can twist your waking nightmares ‘Til they spin out of control I hope the truth will bring an end To every lie that you pretend And bring redemption to your hollow heart So you can love again
An older song I wrote about not being able to sleep due to the thoughts and memories of being done wrong by someone pretending to love me when it was just a ruse to get something from me.