Set Up (To Take A Fall)

You've been holding yourself hostage

For something you cannot atone

Though you know that everyone has failed

You still feel all alone

You run for cover every time

Anybody starts to speak

They told you you were fireproof

But your armor sprang a leak

I don't deny you made a mess of things

But there's trouble everywhere

It's the ancient law that bound your fate

You were blinded by the glare

You were set up - set up to take a fall

Didn't see that you bought it all

Someone found your fatal flaw

You were set up to take a fall

Now if you pull that trigger

Or wolf down all those pills

You'll find that what you didn't know

Doesn't only hurt, it kills

But you're still alive, you can still learn

It's never too late for your soul

They cast you in a losing shape

But you still can break that mold

Like a thousand tons of stone on you

About to wipe you out

But if you'll fall upon that rock

You'll find what freedom's all about

You were entranced

Romanced, never had a chance

They came in on your blind side

Been hearing the same old lies

Since the day that you were born

But you can get smart, new start

Regenerate your heart

With the power that has made you

And you won't fall in the same trap

Now that you've been warned

You were set up - set up to take a fall

Someone trying to make you crawl

Oh, your chances seem so small

You were set up - you were set up to take a fall