Take Away The Pain

take away the pain

and let me fly away

take away the pain

and let me fly away

this is a last dance

my last chance

to get it right

at first glance

you might think my life looks nice

but if you look a little closer

i walk on thin ice

im one slip from death

twelve steps from paradise

a young america, riddled from

defects of character

a reject, caught in the web

of mas-histeria

i pray for the world to change

i've seen my friends

killed in pain

one fix from the end

one drink from insane

im stained

im lost with my brain broke

comes second from smoked outs

to livin' the great hopes

so if your gonna save me

better save me now

im an escape artist

with no escape

i need a way out

my life is way out

the same old played out

stuck on the same route

so im takin' a leap of faith

hopin' i win this race

hopin' this time im blessed

and dont miss

cause i know and God knows

i really worked hard for this

chorus

now when i get away from trouble

i go lookin' for more

takin' two steps back

from the bridge to the shore

tryin' to hustle muscles sore

from doin the devil's chores

runnin' from my problems

every gettin' to the door

been runnin' 'round in circles

down a dead end roads

i dont know where i'm going

but i act like i know

borrowin' money

to pay back what I owe

my head's a three-ring circus

Im a one man show

another tatooed freak

i was born in the jar

i was meant to be a sick confused

loser rock star

so who's the puppet master

i went from county jail

to an open night disaster

livin' faster gettin' faster

now mamma's on the front porch

sippin' on some wine

when daddys in his office

and he's choppin' up some limes

my sister's in the backyard

smokin' on the green

my brother's in the basement

cookin' methamphetamine

chorus

these thoughts collected

i'm tryin' to alter my perspective

I'm commin' to a hault

and to stop is my objective

time is runnin' out

my luck is runnin' thin

i stuggled too long not to win

or die tryin'

i see the clock tickin'

my entire time is flyin'

I'm smilin' at defeats till

inside im cryin'

lookin' at the sky

askin' why i cant live

a simple life its a lie

to say the grass aint

greener on the other side

a poor excuse for heaven sent

cause i cant climb the fence

no matter how hard i try

im wrapped in barbbed-wire

wonderin' who's on my side

rusty knives in my back there's

no where left for me to hide

I'm wrapped up in sin

so im in for a ride

I'd commit suicide

but i dont wanna die

I'm sick of gettin' high

and im sick of these games

there's not enough drugs to take

to take away the pain