Now you wanna know what I've been thinkin' Now you wanna hear what's on my mind But you don't wanna take the time to listen I'm already wrong and you're always right What you gonna do when the battles over What can you say when it's all been said I'm on the verge of becoming a stranger Silence was my self defense Now the truth is loud and anger's real And nobody wins in the end I give, you take, there's never any other way You push, I break, no matter what I say You win, I lose, there's never any compromise It's black and white But you can't be right all the time Let me take a breath before I lose it Let me lay it down in another way If you're not willin1 to meet me in the middle Then ya gotta be willing to throw it all away I'm tired of banging my head on a brick wall I'm tired of being your whippin' boy If there's anything here worth saving I'll be the one to make that choice Cause truth is loud and the anger's real And there's no more of me left to bend Take you're righteous words, your discontent You need to have the last say about everything I can't hear you now, can't hear you now I've shut you down, I've shut you down