Take Away the Pain

take away the pain and let me fly away take away the pain and let me fly away this is the last dance my last chance to get it right at first glance you might think my life looks nice but if you look a little closer i walk on thin ice im one slip from death twelve steps from paradise im young america, riddled with defects of character a reject, caught in the web of mas-histeria i pray for the world to change i've seen my friends killed in pain one fix from the end one drink from insane im stained im lost with my brain broke comes second from smoked outs to livin' the great hopes so if your gonna save me better save me now im an escape artist with no escape i need a way out my life is way out the same old played out stuck on the same route so im takin' a leap of faith hopin' i win this race hopin' this time im blessed and dont miss cause i know and God knows i really worked hard for this take away the pain and let me fly away take away the pain and let me fly away now when i get away from trouble i go lookin' for more takin' two steps back from the bridge to the shore tryin' to hustle muscles sore from doin the devil's chores runnin' from my problems never gettin' to the door been runnin' 'round in circles down a dead end roads i dont know where i'm going but i act like i know borrowin' money to pay back what I owe my head's a three-ring circus Im a one man show another tatooed freak i was born in the jar i was bred to be a sick confused loser rock star so who's the puppet master i went from county jail to an over night disaster livin' faster and gettin' faster now mamma's on the front porch sippin' on some wine while daddys in his office and he's choppin' up some lines my sister's in the backyard smokin' on them greens my brother's in the basement cookin' methamphetamine take away the pain and let me fly away take away the pain and let me fly away these thoughts collected i'm tryin' to alter my perspective I'm commin' to a hault and to stop is my objective time is runnin' out my luck is runnin' thin i stuggled too long not to win or die tryin' i see the clock tickin' my entire time is flyin' I'm smilin' at defeats till inside im cryin' lookin' at the sky askin' why i cant live a simple life its a lie to try to say the grass aint greener on the other side a poor excuse for heaven sent cause i cant climb the fence no matter how hard i try im wrapped in barbbed-wire wonderin' who's on my side rusty knives in my back there's no where left for me to hide I'm wrapped up in sin so im in for a ride I'd commit suicide but i dont wanna die I'm sick of gettin' high and im sick of these games there's not enough drugs to take to take away the pain take away the pain, and let me fly away take away the pain, and let me fly away take away the pain, and let me fly away take away the pain, and let me fly away