What do I do to ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Do I hide my pride from these bad dreams
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
Do I sit here and try to stand it?
Or do I try to catch them redhanded?
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?
Because I can't hold on when I'm stretched so thin
I make the right moves but I'm lost within
I put on my daily fasade but then
I just end up getting hurt again

By myself (myself)
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can't rely on (myself)
I can't hold on
To what I want when I'm stretched so thin
It's all too much to take in
I can't hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in

If I turn my back I'm defenseless
And to go blindly seems senseless
If I hide my pride
and let it all go on then they'll
Take from me 'till everything is gone
If I let them go I'll be outdone
But if I try to catch them I'll be outrun
If I'm killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer
by myself (myself)

How do you think I've lost so much
I'm so afraid I'm out of touch
How do you expect I will know what to do
When all I know Is what you tell me to

Don't you (know)
I can't tell you how to make it (go)
No matter what I do, how hard I (try)
I can't seem to convince myself (why)
I'm stuck on the outside (2x)

I can't hold on
To what I want when I'm stretched so thin
It's all too much to take in
I can't hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in

I can't hold on
To what I want when I'm stretched so thin
It's all too much to take in
I can't hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking...

Bad luck never leaves
Your jinx just floats around
Like the taste inside your mouth
Or the sound when your skull cracks
Feel the growing pains
It means you're growing up too fast
Telling white lies to black cats
Stretch me out across the tracks
While you were sleeping I was blood red
Sharp as a knife inside your stomach
I'm squeezing tight, don't let the light in
No medicine
Daydream tendencies had you smiling soft and sweet
Keep those blurry memories somewhere safe
You may need them
You can make a wish
But there's no rabbit out the hat
Realize it's never coming back
Realize it's never coming back
While you were sleeping I was blood red
Sharp as a knife inside your stomach
I'm squeezing tight, don't let the light in
No medicine
Don't let the light
No medicine