Don't even try to change me

I've already given up on myself

You never really had a chance

At this or anything else

The picture of happiness

I worship my emptiness

Long forgotten precedence

That seemed to fade away

(Tell me how to live and teach me to obey

And don't remember to feel any shame)

…

When the stakes are high it's easy to steal

But there's a man behind the counter who tells you how to feel

Telling you to stay still, it's such a dirty deal

And in this mess of make-believe no one knows what's real

And when the stakes are high it's hard to decide

But there's a voice in your head that tells you to provide

Watching you move, scrounge for repeal

And in this mess of make-believe you'll never know what's real

…

Well, it's been such a long time

A while since I tried to save myself

I wish you'd change your mind for me

But you won't save me from my hell

You won't even flee my dreams

Tormenting me desperately

Long forgotten parts of me

That seemed to fade away

(Tell me how to live and teach me to obey

And don't remember to feel any shame)

…

When the stakes are high it's easy to steal

But there's a man behind the counter who tells you how to feel

Telling you to stay still, it's such a dirty deal

And in this mess of make-believe no one knows what's real

And when the stakes are high it's hard to decide

But there's a voice in your head that tells you to provide

Watching you move, scrounge for repeal

And in this mess of make-believe you'll never know what's real

…

We can move on and pretend

That we can pretend

That it won't happen again

And this doesn't have to end

But this life has made me

And pain has changed me

I don't think we can go back

…

When the stakes are high it's easy to steal

But there's a man behind the counter who tells you how to feel

Telling you to stay still, it's such a dirty deal

And in this mess of make-believe no one knows what's real

And when the stakes are high it's hard to decide

But there's a voice in your head that tells you to provide

Watching you move, scrounge for repeal

And in this mess of make-believe you'll never know what's real

…