Just like my pride, you'll be gone But now and then, I’ll see you in my head This could leave me shamed and alone But now and then, I’ll see you in the fog on the summit Although I was a loser, Although I wasn't there, When all that's left are photographs, You’ll miss me You tell me that I’m crazy—like that’ll change who I am Now all that’s left are photographs Do you miss me? Do you feel clean? You’re so clean Do you feel clean? All these steps I take Remind me how you saw through me I'm a monster, I'm the spider in your head The path is steep, But it still don’t compete with your poison As I spin my lies like always, You get caught up in everything I say Although I was a loser, Although I wasn't there, When all that's left are photographs, You’ll miss me You tell me that I’m crazy—like that’ll change who I am Now all that’s left are photographs Do you miss me? Do you feel clean? You’re so clean Do you feel clean? You still can’t help but to wonder if I’ll be okay Just can’t let go of the past—no, you can’t let go And if you saw me today, I would not be the same So don’t hold onto those memories Don’t pretend like nothing’s changed I’ll always be a loser I never will be there Just turn off all the lights ‘Cause there’s no chance I’m coming back No, I don’t ever want to feel like this again But now and then, I’ll see you in my head Do you feel clean? You’re so clean Will I see you in the fog? Will I be clean? Will I be clean? Will I be free?

Tonight crawled and slipped beneath a scattered sky -The wholesome wall between me and you And I think I’ve built enough So all in all… it’s safe to say my deed is done Can’t stand the person you've become And I’ll have to let this go But right now, here I am -Still holding on Say what you need to say Don’t say anymore You know I tried to make you hear me -Reached out hands you could not feel You fell behind too far to help And made more wounds that would not heal You’ll try to mend and try to break That wall of stone I have created -End up tired So close your weary eyes and get some sleep It’s okay Don't try anymore ‘Cause I found that you never could stand me All in all, I tried my best It's on you—no, you're never gonna' stain my hands I'm over and through here with your games You're on your own I won't tell you how you need to change, So just keep slipping from reality I'm used to lies and used to rain You drink the fire to dull the pain Inside yourself there's a hurricane brewing I feel the breeze, but you deny it I won’t watch you cry and run for shelter Spiraling out and away and away... No, I found that you never could stand me All in all, I tried my best It's on you—no, you're never gonna' stain my hands I'm over and through here with your games I can't take this I embraced my path and chose to walk alone But then you asked for me to come back home You’d surround me I’d be just like you! Would that make me whole? If I stayed and wasted my life away? Have you nothing left to say? I don’t know what you want I can only do so much... I found that you never could stand me All in all, I tried my best It's on you—no, you're never gonna' stain my hands I'm over and through here with your games You're on your own

Look at all the things I’ll never lose! Then a sullen batch of hands pulls me down Creates a ‘better weather’ attitude, How am I supposed to get things done? Then an earnest twist of fate separates the trash It’s so simple! Still, I’m shoulder-deep in drama Mt. Garbage seems to offer more Than an empty field of dirt But it’s a field of potential that I can’t see... Now turning out and higher! Who am I fooling? I’m not okay Displaying fine, But inside is held by pins and rubber bands No empty glass Filled to top with tears—a pinch of regret So let’s drink to giving up All the things that stand in our way And I won’t say, "Maybe tomorrow" I’ve never been better! Everybody always tells me where to turn, And what to do, and how to walk, and how to think With a better weather attitude, I’d never bothered to cut them loose Then an honest person blocked my path With a mirror in hand I didn’t wanna’ see those lies! ‘Cause my friends had only shown me All the feckless, little things That I wanted to see Now turning out and higher! Who am I fooling? I’m not okay Displaying fine, But inside is held by pins and rubber bands No empty glass Filled to top with tears—a pinch of regret So let’s drink to giving up All the things that stand in our way How I fell right into design! So no shallow prints were left behind And now all I know’s overfilling Until I choose to empty my glass Now turning out and higher! Who am I fooling? I’m not okay Displaying fine, But inside is held by pins and rubber bands No empty glass Filled to top with tears—a pinch of regret So let’s drink to giving up All the things that stand in our way And I won’t say, "Maybe tomorrow" Or "Maybe next year" It might just take a whole ‘nother lifetime To ever be better

All this time up the mountain, I felt the quiet And listened closely for the first time There wasn’t much left to say And that lack of words was enough To help me set things right The life rope that you gave to me was not enough And no surprise I couldn't pull you up You’re too much of an anchor And when it snapped, You stole a part of me I can’t ever get back Besides this wall, I’ve done no wrong If I went back, I would change nothing at all You’ve become an anchor You’ve been towing me down And I for one am not okay with drowning I don't believe in mistakes But we all know that they’ll be made -Like it’s the first time You always have too much to say Soon enough, the ground will give And how that dirt’ll tumble down! And I hope that you enjoy your fall -Spend all that time with The Devil Looking, I see only up now Try not to watch you roll down Besides this wall, I’ve done no wrong If I went back, I would change nothing at all You’ve become an anchor You’ve been towing me down And I for one am not okay with drowning You loved me and led me to fall Oh no, I just can't hold your weight no more! Don’t think I will ever return We’re through! Here’s to goodbye! I close my eyes, you sink away Your voice escapes, and I hear you scream That you’ll wait for me, but I don’t believe it I’ll pray for you when I taste the summit’s freedom Besides this wall, I’ve done no wrong If I went back, I would change nothing at all You’ve become an anchor You’ve been towing me down And I for one am not okay with drowning No longer towing me down

The forest scribbled out the answers I didn't listen, I didn't care! I broke my shell in all directions Born in soil, turned towards air As I bored, you swore I’d be free Well, I’m here Then you sold my core to the skyline You didn’t care Did I wonder which way was up! As I struggled with each new step As I fumbled and shed my tears, I was alive My father lives near the top of the mountain While my mother sleeps inside the lake My brothers and sisters all surround me And they all sway together in the breeze But I don’t ‘Cause I’m hurting and straining to be seen Now I'm strong from the battles O’ I have no more fear! I’ll wander—ascend for years And I’ll stretch my roots into the earth And I’ll tower above my peers I will shine! I'll grow into the eyes of the forest! I’ll be proud as I look down upon my peers! Then a stranger with an axe will stand before me I’m the fool

If time is just an illusion, I’ll be gone in a flit of the eyes of a god I’m moving faster than I’m choosing I move faster, then I’m gone All my sources pointed to lies And my superiors said to be something I’m not And then my other half hung off the side of the building It seems unlikely that he'll survive Skyline, I’m ‘bout to cry tonight Skyline, is there a city here for all of us? Skyline, I’m ‘bout to cry tonight Skyline, I’ll leave my misfortune at your door Now is there anyone to break my fall? When someone comes, I’ll run and hide away Just lettin' everybody pass on by I start to wonder, "Can I stand at all?" -No, I can’t Skyline, I’m ‘bout to cry tonight Skyline, is there a city here for all of us? Skyline, I’m ‘bout to cry tonight Skyline, I’ll leave my misfortune at your door Have respect for society? For teaching me what? How to give up? Ah—Deceiver’s gun keeps shooting blanks at me Telling me I should be filled with an atrophy What’s that ass-backwards agenda? I can’t love myself ‘cause to you I’m a fraud? In this world of idealistic people, We’re all hanging now Skyline, I’m ‘bout to cry tonight Skyline, is there a city here for all of us? Skyline, I’m ‘bout to cry tonight Skyline, I’ll leave my misfortune at your door

I believed that time could heal all damaged persons But I've called your lie, for souls know only growth I kept track of days, and years went by remotely Wanting more out of life than being alive... O’ I'm hopeless! Open the sky The clouds have spoken The truth of your lies has been revealed No shots were called, so I'm boiling over Awkward in such a perfect low I'm going nowhere, yet moving forward And all around, I can feel the pull Maybe I needed time to sort out my emotions To factor in why there’s a stick deep in my spokes I guess I'm all to blame, For I can't see a foot in front of my face When I reach the top, it’ll be no surprise if I faint Under my feet, these rocks are moving The truth of your lies was in the fog No shots were called, so I'm boiling over Awkward in such a perfect low I'm going nowhere, yet moving forward And all around, I can feel the pull And you chose to turn back down Delivered the reverse of what I’m after I climb past ya’ to be a master of my own life -So fast becomes faster Why would I act on a choice so bold? Decades and decades of doing what I’m told And you’ve misrepresented my arrogance Turn up the beat—not hearing ya’ plunder It’s no wonder... Spit that yakity-yak You’re like wax—I’m a slick rail Two steps ‘til the big fail Almost there? I’m aware Isn’t fair? Are you kidding me? I can’t see far, but I still see There is no height I cannot reach There is no mind I cannot breach I got the answer, but I can’t teach You don’t see, so the words get pinched Punching the ref, and you wonder why No shots were called, so I'm boiling over Awkward in such a perfect low I'm going nowhere, yet moving forward And all around, I can feel the pull

A sudden fight broke With who I was and who I am The former hung himself to avoid the confrontation And I felt the mourn Should I be ashamed? I don’t really even care His weapon is gone, but I'm still afraid ‘Cause he’s still got both my hands bound My response is cold But that don’t sit well With the man who been eating at my soul A hole filled with careless hopes, Greed encompassed growth -Slow-mo kill for the thrill Of skipping on the bill with The Devil He told me it would be okay He said, "It just don’t matter anymore” I’m flattered he would think it so But me? I can’t sink that low This moral walk’s descending into caverns Crawling with these empty, sinning bastards Crosshairs trickle in between my eyes So I try to lift my hands up high—comply I wanna show ‘em that I mean no danger I’m no evil rearranger A stranger still to the violence that lines the path I’m ashamed to be part of that math Well, pardon my lack of concern, I needed a way out And this passive, sick-cycle world Can't buy me a ticket for the train -My ride out of this hollow, empty hell I'm at the gate, And I only see one sure way out of here -Down A sudden fight broke With my left hand and my right Over who could paint A better self-portrait on the concrete Leaking out loneliness How could I own up to this? I shouted, “Enough! Ya’ll should be ashamed!” But the likeness was more than a picture or a name It was perfect—that made it all worth it Claimed the copyright, Sold it back to the circus I came from -Where my other half still hangs from No one else around to smear the blame upon Then I made enough to finally purchase that ticket, And train ride straight to the top Quicker and slicker Than tripping towards a flicker of light Stumble through the dark on a chance I bite? Aha, that just don’t feel right I’m arrow tonight, flying back to home plate Well, pardon my lack of concern, I needed a way out And this passive, sick-cycle world Can't buy me a ticket for the train -My ride out of this hollow, empty hell I'm at the gate, And I only see one sure way out of here So I crippled my hands and smiled 'Cause I made a fortune Off that rust-colored, tear-filled mess atop the asphalt And my self-made portrait of pain Just bought me the ticket for that train I'm at the gate I'm at the gate I'm at the gate -Down

You pulled me out of the shallows Could have fooled me, I thought I was done for But you showed me that all was forgiven And you loved me until I stepped off the train Every moment was warmed by your glow Even cold days had nothing on you I wish you could see me up here where I’ll be shining But I’ll hold onto the treasure you bestowed You said, “Run! I want you to run and don’t ever stop Just run—don’t even look back Zoom away from it all” Was living life with my glass full, And you helped with the spilling Best believe that I’ll miss you ‘Cause nobody else Could ever replace you I won’t blame them for trying But you came like a shooting star And streamed across the sky of my life You said, “Run! I want you to run and don’t ever stop Just run—don’t even look back Zoom away from it all” So I run! You taught me to run You said, “Don’t ever stop—just run!” And I’m not coming back -Zoomed away from it all

When you realize Bones are made of planet dust, Lungs are breathing butterflies -A voice emanates through us It’s then you’ll see You are full of the world's paradise From the top of summit, All I can see are rewrites of a clone You all live through the screen on your phone Regret is written as you go You're all victims of technology I can't breathe, so I called a timeout Can’t help me right now There’s no way to share this with anybody else I cut my connection to resist the infection You are the new generation You take a picture instead of looking free Do you even notice other people on the street? To be in this moment with no lies spoken, It feels unreal And I wanted to get lost with you I wanted to get lost with you… But I can't breathe, so I called a timeout Can’t help me right now There’s no way to share this with anybody else I cut my connection to resist the infection You are the new generation O' I can't go home tonight! The top—it should be making me feel all right Who’ll sing with me? O’ the wind of memory! I was stalking and chasing -A constant replacing of what I believed in, Just to be accepted By people who won't even remember my name! O’ I can't breathe, so I called a timeout! Can’t help me right now There’s no way to share this with anybody else I cut my connection to resist the infection We are the new generation It was then when I realized Everything I’d ever done, All the people I had run from, Just like my pride were gone… But now and then, I can see them here -Deep in the fog on the summit