Looking Out For #1

I try, try not to get too down on myself

While on the process we got lives on the line

But the deeper I get into this fight

I cry myself to sleep thinking what I shoulda coulda done

I never I had a chance

Oh no, don't get me wrong

We got the tools to do good

But when all's said and done

I close my eyes, I try to shut it out

I close my eyes, pretend to hear no sound

I close my eyes, visualize, this is paradise

I close my heart, my conscience is my price

You're telling yourself the world's gonna be just fine

You're playing by the rules but I'm gonna live by mine

How did we ever get to this point of such distraction?

Take the money and run run run

I search my soul thinking what I shoulda coulda done

I never I had a chance

Oh no, don't get me wrong

We got the tools to do good

But when all's said and done

I close my eyes, I try to shut it out

I close my eyes, pretend to hear no sound

I close my eyes, visualize, this is paradise

I close my heart, my conscience is my price

Your world just stops

It's getting harder and harder to feel

Just waiting, buying time

Looking for answers 'till I know what's real

It don't feel the same, will I heal

Will I ever be the same, I hope I will

Crunch time

About time I prepare myself

For that long climb upon my knees from the bowels of hell

But I've had some recent practice swimming against the tide

Redemption's a lonely road but someone's gonna try

Thirty pieces of silver to reclaim my soul

I'll sing high to the heavens with my luck, the gates will still be closed...

The gates will still be closed.

I close my eyes, I try to shut it out

I close my eyes, pretend to hear no sound

I close my eyes, visualize, this is paradise

I close my heart, my conscience is my price