In the end we’re all the same Just wandering around trying to find a comfortable cage Trading one set of bars for another, hoping the nagging voices in our heads go away We all just want somewhere warm to stay
We’re all the sum of broken hearts and fresh starts We’ve all known the peace of living in our sleep Stitching what it is we believe on our sleeve so we can read it back to ourselves and find the courage to continue to breathe We’re all taped together by the same dreams
We all check the weather forecast, trying to figure out whether or not this is a storm we can weather Slapping bumper stickers on our pain like band-aids that read “it gets better”
We’re all the sum of everyone else Picking and choosing our skins Like a Frankenstein-created chameleon We all wish we could just blend in
The bonds of affection never die But we all hope if we build our white picket fences high enough they’ll stay inside Avoiding each other trying to figure out why we were even given a sense of touch We all use our fear as a crutch
We all cast ourselves towards the same sun hoping our shadows won’t show Looking over our shoulders only to see our skeletons in tow We all wish there was somewhere else for this regret to go
We all bleed the same fervent fear Trying desperately to keep the fire inside praying no one will hear We’re all held together by the same hope that morning is near
In the end we’ve all committed the same crimes We’ve all divided ourselves by the same imaginary lines We’ve all believed the same lies We’ve all been living off the same borrowed time In the end...we're all going to die
But we all hope we can say we tried.
There's a reason for all of this. There has to be a reason for all of this.