Lay down your life they said Let me inside your soul Always remember this It's for the sake of us all American Beauty, tell me what's going to become of me What have you done to my head? It feels like you're living inside of me American Beauty, living a lie, I shouldn't be I want to believe it instead And never will erase the memory If I can't see, why not? Have I been blinded by trust? Or are you testing me, I feel this desperately Cause I seem to pray a lot I'm I lost, in my fear Cause the more that I look, the less I believe In something I don't want to see American Beauty, tell me what's going become of me What have you done to my head? It feels like you're living inside of me American Beauty, living a lie, I shouldn't be I want to believe it instead And never will erase the memory Do I believe in myself, or just don't know me I've got the world at my feet and a family The only fight I have's with people I don't know And the truth is, I don't like where I'm going American Beauty, tell me what's going become of me What have you done to my head? It feels like you're living inside of me American Beauty, living a lie, I shouldn't be I want to believe it instead And never will erase the memory But what have you done to my head I feel like you're living inside of me I want to believe it instead And never will erase the memory