Lies I Chose to Believe

Well I've gone and lost my faith in photographs Cursed those martyrs that mark my past And I long for a day when we'll look back and laugh About all this But good luck finding your peace of mind Being born into these brutal times And these days I don't pray when I close my eyes I just bite my tongue a bit harder Cause you were a lie I chose to believe A lie I chose to believe Let's float these gutters up past heaven's gate Get me out of these damn desert states Did you hear the one about the hand of fate? It'll make your heart stop Do you ever wish you could just back out? Take your nickels and go cash out? Forget the faces you've been crying about And see where forgiveness takes you? Sweet surrender like the break of dawn With the map laid out and the arrows drawn But I think too much and wait too long And I never tell but you know How to lift me when I sink too low Now I've found me a reason to be a man Out on the shoulder with an outstretched hand Just a little solid ground to stand Is all I ever needed So I'll shout it out from the heavens above Hell ain't nothin' but the devil's drug And love ain't a sickness, though I once thought it was When I was too surrounded to see