Autumn

Woke up in a cold sweat

Alone where the ghost slept

I never thought I was the type

I would of took the frost but I musta made it obvious

Cause everytime it happens I'm the one who gets the bite

Fading like the lights on the last bus out of here

Kickin' up dust dissappear into the night

Nothing lasts forever

But judging by the weather

I'm starting to get a sick feeling that it might.

And I don't want to fight you anymore benjamin!

It's a plague

A lose-lose situation in a maze with a crazed man chasing the kid in me with a blade

That's too proud to ever admit he's afraid

So pile the rocks on me!

I don't know what to say

The whole worlds' watching but I don't think they relate

I was right where I landed

Simple and plain

Another victim of the sickle and the flame

The flame blows out

Won't ever see it coming

Funny how

This is all I ever wanted

Was the price you paid

When you try to cross a river without drowning.

Fell asleep with my bones cold

Blowing smoke through a froze throat

Trying to focus on the flash

I would of grabbed the whip

But they musta' seen me coming

Cause no matter what I do I always seem to catch the lash

Painting with the ash left sitting at the base of what I used to be pretty familiar with as home

I don't know if fate's trying to kill mere

Sick of thinking ima fall

Or teach me how to grow

But either way it's got me feeling hopeless

And I don't want to climb this tattered up rope anymore

The devil's greatest trick was convincing the world he never existed

And mine was a broken crystal ball

Looking at the shards, trying to figure out the future with a bloody hand holding it together from the base

Funny how the butterflies flapping in my stomach finally figured out a way to make a valiant escape

We talk about the coals and the bats

Choking on the facts

Fightin' with the current to our backs

Nobody ever promised me tomorrow more than anybody told me I would die before I ever made it back

And even if I had

It's only a matter of time until it catches up with me to loosen up my grasp

Everything I've done in the name of being strong always seems to come around and try to kill me where I stand

The flame blows out

Won't ever see it coming

Funny how

This is all I ever wanted

Was the price you paid

When you try to cross a river without drowning.