I am surrogate I'm archetypal and itinerant I'm your excuse to long For a superior I will undertake I will overcome ♪ Imperfection you will find Look close enough, tear off the mask I need This endeavour is not mine You subject me to the daggers you conceive I'm stronger than I was before Thus you reinforce these walls, I can't fight you anymore Threatened by the open doors All the chances I ignore, I can't stand still anymore ♪ Thе day is done, nothing left to say Resting hеad in hands, wishing I had known my place To take a stand, the errand of a fool I'm not to reprimand, I'm here to help you through ♪ Is nothing like it seems? Living through this sequence, a dream Is nothing like it seems? Gather broken shards of self-esteem ♪ Burning bridges as I cower beneath Trying to salvage the debris My devotion tied around your waist, lest you fall No one seems to sense the strain, no one seems to know ♪ Burning bridges as I cower beneath Trying to salvage the debris My devotion tied around your waist, lest you fall No one seems to sense the strain, no one seems to know ♪ I don't begin to proclaim that I know I can't continue down this road Dwelling on what has come to pass No force alive will bring it back I would know I can feel the pressure getting steeper with every life lost You hope that I won't see the light of day in time to come With no conviction founded just Judgement contorted based on lust Give me strength Your assumption brings to a conclusion of no consequence And I refuse to play into your hands for your appeal Inadequate Inadequate I know I know I know I know I've hoped I've hoped You'll see me ♪ Turn back time Reason why Breakneck speed History Waiting (waiting) Waning (waning) Exasperating Unstrung, tethered Hoping forever No I tried to settle bets with my own soul Bless my lips for the first time before you don't Gripping to the last touch of your hand I grow to loathe Hope that you remember just how far I'll go Spend the rest of my life wishing I'm enough Resist, resist, resist Resist, resist, resist