Sittin' around Wanna figure it out A way to justify my second chances Mind wanders far but it keeps landing on you Who's left to blame this time Was I a victim of my circumstances? No, I held the smoking gun but not the bullet that it threw Painted a picture, while I was trying to find Another piece of gold I never figured out That the villain was me And now you're leaving I'm not giving up, I'm not giving in Not letting the dark be the reason I give myself for the kind of person, that I have been I can't change for you, so I'll change for me I'll be alone, for now, for then Words fly like a burning knife into the person who's my only anchor It wasn't too much weight but rather the rigidness of my stubborn mind And I can't stop thinking about it Regret flows in too late to prevent the things that I said The things that I meant at the time But not once I played the tape back Painted a picture, of what I had in my mind Another hand to hold I didn't like what I saw Who I turned out to be So now I'll leave it I'm not giving up, I'm not giving in Not letting the dark be the reason I give myself for the kind of person, that I have been I can't change for you, so I'll change for me I'll be alone, for now, for then I'm not giving up, I'm not giving in Not letting the dark be the reason I give myself for the kind of person, that I have been I can't change for you, so I'll change for me I'll be alone, for now, for then For then