I met a man

He used to live on the west side

But a change of plans

Brought him on the south side of pain

If you could feel his hands

Just as callused as his heart

Muscles on his back

Trauma carried this far in the rain

And everyday he's been working

And everyday he's been grinding down his teeth

And everyday he feels worthless

He plays the same 6 songs on repeat

Just to get through the pain of

Every friend being too far to help heal

So this time he's gon' get tough

Break his body and his mind and he'll kill

Every part of the man he hates when takes a quick look in the mirror

And he'll hate the taste on his tongue

And he'll fake the smile when he gets nearer

'Cuz it's clear that he can't trust himself, so why would they?

He can't hear when he isolates in hell—yells at himself everyday

He's been running from something

And the rumbling in his stomach reminds him of the weight he carried

One look in his eyes and you see the weary soul that's bearing

The load of all the sins he buried

But can't leave in the past

His knees are bloody from all the praying

And all the turning back

I met a man

He used to live on the west side

But a change of plans

Brought him on the south side of pain

If you could feel his hands

Just as callused as his heart

Muscles on his back

Trauma carried this far in the rain

And everyday he's been working

And everyday he's been grinding down his teeth

And everyday he feels worthless

He plays the same 6 songs on repeat

Just to get through the pain of

Every friend being too far to help heal

So this time he's gon' get tough

Break his body and his mind and he'll kill

All the hope that's around him

'Til it's drowning

In the dark of the sea

And it can't breathe

Do it all for the silence

So his mind can have the peace

At last it needs

No one cares until everybody does

And he wondered if he was enough

His eyes are red from crying so much blood

Now his heart is welded shut

And everyday he's been working

And everyday he's been grinding down his teeth

And everyday he feels worthless

He plays the same 6 songs on repeat

Just to get through the pain of

Every friend being too far to help heal

So this time he's gon' get tough

Break his body and his mind and he'll kill