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Criminal

Criminal lyrics by Scott Stapp. I listen alone all night I listen for what ceilings no way out no windows to allow a sound or light to feed my mind, slowly I...

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Criminal

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I listen alone all night

I listen for what ceilings no way out

no windows to allow a sound or light

to feed my mind, slowly I bury myself alive

Alive

I'm so sorry, so sorry I opened that door

I'm just searching, I am searching for reasons why

I hear knocking, knocking on doors I have closed

The man your describing has got to be make believe

No you're not insane, no no yes it was me

Why can't you see me for what I've become not who I used to be

I'm no criminal

Mind blind, stuck in rewind

Look the other way

Big mistakes I made

So why do I keep turning back to see the flames

When ashes still burn in my eyes?

Oh the pain

Said I'm so sorry, so sorry I opened that door

I'm just searching, I am searching for reasons why

I hear knocking, knocking on doors I have closed

The man your describing has got to be make believe

No you're not insane, no no yes it was me

Why can't you see me for what I've become not who I used to be

I'm no criminal, no criminal

Caught red-handed, busted

I'm not in chains, I'm not in chains

Why can't you see me for what I've become, not who I used to be

There's no criminal, no criminal, no criminal left in me

Why is the day so many follow

Narrows the path I soon will swallow

Blinding eyes can't see my way

Can you help me please

I'm no criminal, no criminal

Caught red-handed, busted

I'm not in chains, I'm not in chains

Why can't you see me for what I've become, not who I used to be

There's no criminal, no criminal, no criminal left in me

Why, why, why

I'm no criminal

Why, why, why

Cause I'm no, I'm no

No criminal

I listen alone all night

I listen for what ceilings no way out

No windows to allow a sound or light

to feed my mind, slowly I bury myself alive…

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