Left with this weight on my shoulder
I know I'm only getting older
Sift through my pain for some closure
So I write these songs for you
Don't be afraid of me (don't be afraid of me)
Yeah, I've hurt you too many times
Something was changing me
I had a big a hole inside my heart
And it was strangling (it was strangling)
I've gotta get hold of all of this now (all of this now)
So I can cope, cope, cope
I get so stressed out sometimes
That I sit and I stare at the wall
Nervous (nervous)
Wake up in puddles of sweat
And I don't who else I can call
I just, go through it
The only way I know how (the only way I know how)
I need to find a wa-a-ay
That I can cope
Without being stressed out
My heart's on the line
Things I can change
Things I don't want to
Things I don't need to, hey
It's all in my head
It's all in my head
I need to find a way to cope
It's never really easy when you think that you're a joke
It's never really easy when you know you're gonna choke
All these people rising up and you try to stay afloat
I'm at the bottom of the ocean (ocean)
Bottled up emotion
Try to let it out but it's causing a commotion (commotion)
Coping mechanisms are something that ain't simple
I try to be a saint but my ways, they stay sinful
I need to find a way (find a way)
To live another day (another day)
People around me change
And I'm the one to blame (one to blame)
And I can tell if I
Only had a moment in time (time)
To rewind (rewind, rewind, rewind)
I need to find a wa-a-ay
That I can cope
Without being stressed out (stressed out)
My heart's on the line
Things I can change
Things I don't want to (things I don't want to)
Things I don't need to, hey
It's all in my head
It's all in my head
Yeah
Who else I'm supposed to call
I done burned every bridge anyways (burning down)
Yeah, I don't know why you still pick up my call when the telephone rings
If you hate seeing my name
I know you took me out your contacts
It took a lot from me to take you out of context (context)
You showed me life when I was cold and withdrawn
Now I'm the one left standing here holding the gun
It was my fault I got these faulty coping mechanisms (yeah)
You shouldered all my pain, I never gave you recognition
For the things you helped me through and this love I took for granted
I was living in the past, I never saw you in the present
The future me's already depressed
I hold it in and hold it hostage in the back of my head
I'm thinking 'bout the future you without me holding you back
And I beat the shit out of this thing in my chest
And I know I need to find
Find a wa-a-ay
That I can cope (find a way)
Without being stressed out
My heart's on the line
Things I can change (things I can change)
Things I don't want to (things I don't want to)
Things I don't need to, hey (things I don't need to)
It's all in my head
It's all in my head
Left with this weight on my shoulders (it's what I tell myself)
I know I'm only getting older (it's what I tell myself)
Sift through my pain for some closure
So I write these songs for you