I’ve left that tainted life behind

the troubled waters burning in my mind

the wastelands of darkened grain

the shameful intrusion of acid rain

my world has since birthed so much pleasure

happiness beyond comprehension

but my sight is still shrouded in this veil

an apparition of shimmering light

i know my deeds are laid down bare

for the one who corrects my soul

i hide behind the ones who love me

to capture my sins and bottle them up

but it lays cracked and seeping

i will make my way through my days

but always suffer as the clock ticks by

to meet the death of night

I’m on the outside, looking in

watching my world get corroded

all you see is bone and skin

but stab me deep and you will find you’re right

because I’m untouchable

My guilt and my shame
Always sell me short, always feel the same
And my face and my soul
Always wear me thin, always under control

But the longest hours you’ll have in your life
Are the ones you sit through to know if you’re right
So I’ll wait but I pray that I’m wrong
Because I think I know what’s going on

So let me get this straight
The only will is my own
I do whatever I want and stay alone
All my decisions make it untouchable and tainted

I’m gonna suffer for the rest of my life
But I will always find a way to survive
I’m not a failure but I know what it’s like
I can take it or leave it or die

Stay, you don’t always know where you stand
Till you know that you won’t run away
There’s something inside me that feels
Like breathing in sulfur

My life is undone
And I’m a sinner to most but a sage to some
And my Gods are untrue
I’m probably wrong but I’m better than you

And the longest hours I’ve had in my life
Were the ones I went through to know I was right
So I’m safe but I’m a little outside
I’m gonna laugh when I’m buried alive

Stay, you don’t always know where you stand
Till you know that you won’t run away
There’s something inside me that feels
Like breathing in sulfur, like breathing in sulfur

Like breathing in sulfur
Like breathing in sulfur

Stay, you don’t always know where you stand
Till you know that you won’t run away
There’s something inside me that feels
Like breathing in sulfur, like breathing in sulfur

Stay, you don’t always know where you stand
(You don’t always know where you stand)
Till you know that you won’t run away
There’s something inside me that feels
(There’s something inside me that feels)
Like breathing in sulfur, like breathing in sulfur

Like breathing in sulfur
Like breathing in sulfur
Like breathing in sulfur
Like breathing in sulfur