take away the pain
and let me fly away
take away the pain
and let me fly away
this is a last dance
my last chance
to get it right
at first glance
you might think my life looks nice
but if you look a little closer
i walk on thin ice
im one slip from death
twelve steps from paradise
a young america, riddled from
defects of character
a reject, caught in the web
of mas-histeria
i pray for the world to change
i`ve seen my friends
killed in pain
one fix from the end
one drink from insane
im stained
im lost with my brain broke
comes second from smoked outs
to livin` the great hopes
so if your gonna save me
better save me now
im an escape artist
with no escape
i need a way out
my life is way out
the same old played out
stuck on the same route
so im takin` a leap of faith
hopin` i win this race
hopin` this time im blessed
and dont miss
cause i know and God knows
i really worked hard for this
CHORUS
now when i get away from trouble
i go lookin` for more
takin` two steps back
from the bridge to the shore
tryin` to hustle muscles sore
from doin the devil`s chores
runnin` from my problems
every gettin` to the door
been runnin` `round in circles
down a dead end roads
i dont know where i`m going
but i act like i know
borrowin` money
to pay back what I owe
my head`s a three-ring circus
Im a one man show
another tatooed freak
i was born in the jar
i was meant to be a sick confused
loser rock star
so who`s the puppet master
i went from county jail
to an open night disaster
livin` faster gettin` faster
now mamma`s on the front porch
sippin` on some wine
when daddys in his office
and he`s choppin` up some limes
my sister`s in the backyard
smokin` on the green
my brother`s in the basement
cookin` methamphetamine
CHORUS
these thoughts collected
i`m tryin` to alter my perspective
I`m commin` to a hault
and to stop is my objective
time is runnin` out
my luck is runnin` thin
i stuggled too long not to win
or die tryin`
i see the clock tickin`
my entire time is flyin`
I`m smilin` at defeats till
inside im cryin`
lookin` at the sky
askin` why i cant live
a simple life its a lie
to say the grass aint
greener on the other side
a poor excuse for heaven sent
cause i cant climb the fence
no matter how hard i try
im wrapped in barbbed-wire
wonderin` who`s on my side
rusty knives in my back there`s
no where left for me to hide
I`m wrapped up in sin
so im in for a ride
I`d commit suicide
but i dont wanna die
I`m sick of gettin` high
and im sick of these games
there`s not enough drugs to take
to take away the pain