Hope

All flashbacks lost in my way Stuck on the black, smacked down on my face Yea I've been handicapped by a ball and a chain Locked down in my cell, four walls can relate facts Little kid but a bigger world in the photograph Out playin' but landed myself in Alcatraz Outcast intact hooked to a polygraph Lookin' to find myself but lost again like the artifact Over yesterday Stealin' hours away It's all for nothing Still I can relate I'd love to think that you'll be fine I get it out the way Take another saint It's all for nothing Else but numbing the pain And still I hope that you'll be fine I've been trying to reach you With these words that don't get into your head All our bridges are burning And there's nothing we can do but pretend and hope Lost cause, can I still find hope? Find a way to cope but I still need the antidote Noose tied tight on the rope till I choke But I won't stop breathing till the top of the slope Say my prayers and put me down just to rest All my demons be calling but I feel blessed The needle callin' me, got me feelin' stress Keep on waking up, another crest on the chest Over yesterday Stealin' hours away It's all for nothing Still I can relate I'd love to think that you'll be fine I get it out the way Take another saint It's all for nothing Else but numbing the pain And still I hope that you'll be fine I've been trying to reach you With these words that don't get into your head All our bridges are burning And there's nothing we can do but pretend and hope So sick of the lies, the whole world just died Just look at my eyes and then you realize That I'm really just that high I OD'D and demised And baby don't cry just pray up at the sky Don't justify when I'm crucified Then glorified and then amplified And there's nothing we can do but pretend and hope I've been trying to reach you With these words that don't get into your head All our bridges are burning And there's nothing we can do but pretend and hope Oh love, sing it to me Say run, dare me to breathe Show me the pattern now And there's nothing we can do but pretend And there's nothing we can do but pretend and hope And hope