Crawling (Live from Athens, 2009)

Turn my mic up louder

I got to say somethin'

Lightweight steppin' aside but we comin'

Feelin in your chest

The symbols get pumping

People on the street, they panic and start runnin'

Words on loose leaf sheet complete comin'

Jump in my mind, somethin' to rhyme with adopting

Healing the blind I promise to let the sun in

Sick of the dark ways we march to the drum and

Jump when they tell us that they wanna see jumpin'

Fuck that, I wanna see some fists pumpin'

Risk somethin', take back what's yours

Say somethin' you know they might attack you for

'Cause I'm sick of being treated like I have before

Like I'm stupid standing for what I'm standing for

Like this war's really just a different brand of war

Like it doesn't cater to the rich and abandon the poor

Like they understand you in the back of the jet

When you can't put gas in your tank

These fuckers are laughing their way to the bank

And cashin' the check, asking you to have compassion

Have some respect, for a leader so nervous

In an obvious way stutterin', mumblin'

From nightly news to the play

The rest of the world watching at the end of the day

In the living room laughing like, what did he say?

Crawling in my skin

These wounds, they will not heal

Fear is how I fall

Confusing what is real, oh

There's something inside me

That pulls beneath the surface

Consuming, confusing

This lack of self-control I fear is never-ending

Controlling

I can't seem to find myself again

My walls are closing in

Without a sense of confidence

I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take

I felt this way before

So insecure

Crawling in my skin

These wounds, they will not heal

Fear is how I fall

Confusing what is real

Discomfort endlessly has pulled itself upon me

Distracting, reacting

Against my will I'll stand beside my own reflection

It's haunting how I can't seem

To find myself again

My walls are closing in

Without a sense of confidence

I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take

I felt this way before

So insecure

Crawling in my skin

These wounds, they will not heal

Fear is how I fall

Confusing what is real

Crawling in my skin

These wounds, they will not heal

Fear is how I fall

Confusing, confusing what is real

There's something inside me

That pulls beneath the surface

Consuming, confusing what is real

This lack of self-control I fear is never-ending

Controlling, confusing what is real