From the recording The Writer and the Written

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Lyrics

After everything I've been through
I don't know why I'm shocked
That everything I stood for
Was hiding something dark
It's clawing at my insides
And it's begging for escape
I can feel my own potential
And it's driving me insane
It's like a blackness rising from my soul
A bent that I can't change
It's like everything inside of me
Is everything I hate

So tell me why
We can't explain
Why nothing's changed
We live with hate
Don't we all know
Everything fades
It's time we learned
Nothing lasts forever

I tell myself I'm ordinary
There is nothing wrong with me
I wish that I believed a single lie I hold inside of me
These blackened words flow from my lungs
And I can't control myself
Everything I do just binds me tighter to my inner self
I tell myself I'm ordinary
It never seems to take
It's like everything inside of me is made from my mistakes
Like every day I wish that I could be a better version of myself
But I won't sit unmoving with no legacy to sell

So tell me why
We can't explain
Why nothing's changed
We live with hate
Don't we all know
Everything fades
It's time we learned
Nothing lasts forever

I hold on so tight but it all slips away
It's like sand in my fingers or dust in the rain

So tell me why
We can't explain
Why nothing's changed
We live with hate
Don't we all know
Everything fades
It's time we learned
Nothing lasts forever

So tell me why
We can't explain why nothing's ever changed
We've reconciled to always live with hate
In retrospect all beauty's born to fade
Nothing lasts forever