EFFIGY

What's a mistake if it gives you a lesson?

How many paths can still lead me to heaven?

Blow upon blow there's no marks on my body

Still swollen with anger, I'm broken and bloodied.

Taken for granted, don't take me at all

I am a mountain, the rise and the fall

Don't diagnose me, don't be so petty

I am the fortress and you are the enemy.

A hook, some bait, reformed and changed

A system comprised of complacent blame

How can I know if I'll ever be happy?

You left me with anchors still tied to my body.

Cement in my shoes, drugs in my veins

Clip my wings, sew my eyes

Take my voice, bind my frame.

Give me the signs I need.

Wait

What a mess, what a mess I've made

When you left, did you pray I'd change?

God I hate, God I hate this place

There's no way out. x2

Reframed the world, it took all my energy

Turned all your hate into some sort of symphony

thought I was dead, burned like an effigy

Caught in a pendulum without the gravity.

A weightless mistake, a problem to shake

A pill I can take, some words I can say

They slither and snake, just give me a break

There's lead in my brain.

Who knew that the poison would seep through my soul and still fail to revive me

31 years of just trying to be someone to only end up being a someone for nothing.

I'll walk it alone, I probably deserve it

Don't show me love, don't show me grace

don't show me patience, I am a burden.

Give me the signs I need.

Wait

What a mess, what a mess I've made

When you left, did you pray I'd change?

God I hate, God I hate this place

There's no way out. x2