Chapter V

Staind Chapter V Lyrics
1.Run Away

I'm still scared. Afraid of failing
Anticipating, the ride to end.
before the wheels begin to move.

(Run away) So I can hide.
(Run away) I've mastered feeling nothing.
(Run away) I'm dead inside.
(Run away) Why don't I care?

Waste my time, commiserating,
Self medicating - it's my design
Although I know you don't approve

(Run away) So I can hide.
(Run away) I've mastered feeling nothing.
(Run away) I'm dead inside.
(Run away) Why don't I care?

The truth is that I'm not so good
At showing how I feel.
Or keeping my mouth shut
When there's something to conceal.
Or knowing how to love,
Love's not in my memories
How can I rise above
All my insecurities

(Run away) So I can hide.
(Run away) I've mastered feeling nothing.
(Run away) I'm dead inside.
(Run away) Why don't I care?

(Run away) I fight the tide
(Run away) The ebb and flow consumn
(Run away) Still by my side
(Run away) Why should you care?


2.Right Here

I know I've been mistaken
But just give me a break
And see the changes that I've made
I've got some imperfections
But how can you collect them all
And throw them in my face

But you always find a way
To keep me right here waiting
You always find the words to say
To keep me right here waiting
If you chose to walk away
I'd still be right here waiting
Searching for the things to say
To keep you right here waiting

I hope you're not intending
To be so condescending
It's as much as I can take
And you're so independent
You just refuse to bend
So I keep bending till I break

But you always find a way
To keep me right here waiting
You always find the words to say
To keep me right here waiting
If you chose to walk away
I'd still be right here waiting
Searching for the things to say
To keep you right here waiting

I've made a commitment
I'm willing to bleed for you
I needed fulfillment
I found what I need in you
Can't you just forgive me
I don't want to relive all the mistakes
I've made along the way

But I always find a way
To keep you right here waiting
I always find the words to say
To keep you right here waiting

But you always find a way
To keep me right here waiting
We always find the words to say
To keep me right here waiting
If I chose to walk away
Would you be right here waiting
Searching for the things to say
To keep me right here waiting


3.Paper Jesus

You take this all for granted
All the things they used to feed you
By keeping you distracted
Just long enough to feed you

(Chorus)
A reason for your anger
Is what I need Is what I need
To recognize the truth
Is what I need Is what I need
So burn your paper Jesus
Is what I need Is what I need
and own the things you do
Is what I need Is what I need

Question what they tell you
all the lies that they are teaching
and they made a corporation
out of desperate people's feelings

(Chorus)

Somebody chose these words for you
Interpretations of the truth
Somewhere behind your fear they hide
To fill the holes inside

(Chorus)


4.Schizophrenic Conversations

Are you afraid, afraid of the truth
In the mirror staring back at you.
The image is cracked but so is the view, yeah.
The strength of a tree begins in the roots
That I tend bury into you
At least now the storm can't blow me away.

So crawl inside my head with me.
I'll show you how it feels to be,
To blame like me.

Should I be afraid of this face that I see
In the mirror staring back at me?
So cold are the days where I listen to you.
And you say that I'm weak show me the proof
Because I still exist in spite of you
But I won't compete with you every day.

Schizophrenic conversations that
I'm always having with myself.
I hear these voices in my head are competing.
Maybe I could use a little help
I still have schizophrenic conversations
Where there's no one else around to hear.
I long for solitude and peace within me
Void of all the anger and the fear.

So crawl inside my head with me.
I'll show you how it feels to be,
Fucked up like me.

I'll show you how it feels to be
To blame like me
Ashamed like me


5.Falling

You in your shell
Are you waiting for someone to rescue you, from yourself?
Dont be disappointed when no one comes

Dont blame me, you didnt get it
Dont blame me, you didnt get it
Dont blame me, you didnt get it
I already told you that

Falling is easy, its getting back up that becomes the problem
Becomes the problem
If you dont believe you can find a way out
You become the problem
Become the problem

You, all alone, are you waiting for someone to make you a home?
Cant you see, arent you tired of this dysfunctional routine?

Dont blame me, you didnt get it
Dont blame me, you didnt get it
Dont blame me, you didnt get it
I already told you that

Falling is easy, its getting back up that becomes the problem
Becomes the problem
If you dont believe you can find a way out
You become the problem
Become the problem

I already told you that

Falling is easy, it's getting back up that
becomes the problem
becomes the problem
If you don't believe, you can find a way out
You become the problem
become the problem

Falling is easy, it's getting back up that becomes the problem
Becomes the problem
And if you believe you can find a way out
Then youve solved the problem
Youve solved your problem


6.Cross To Bear

Twisting
Turning
Crashing
Burning
All this
Just to
Break me
Down

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You know me
You see me
You own me cuz I don't care
But I'm still here
Impatiently waiting for you to disappear
Is this my cross to bear

Faceless
Faking
Pushing
Taking
All this
Just to
Bring me
Down

(chorus)

You know me
You own me cuz I'm aware
That I'm still here
Impatiently waiting for you to disappear
Is this my cross to bear

I'm still here
Reluctantly waiting for you to interfere
This is my cross to bear


7.Devil

She sits alone again and tries her best not to pretend that all
she used to live for was the love that wasn't there
And every time she needs to do the things that she believes will
fill the void inside of her cuz he was never there

And she said
I swear I'm not the devil
who do you think I am?
I swear I'm not the devil
And she said
I swear I'm not the devil
who do you think I am?
I swear I'm not the devil

He tries to sleep again and wonders when the pain will end the
cuts they may run deeper than his cracking ever should
He looks with tired eyes at all the people hypnotized and
wonders what can save him from a self-created hell

And he said
I swear I'm not the devil
who do you think I am?
I swear I'm not the devil
And He said
I swear I'm not the devil
who do you think I am?
I swear I'm not the devil

I always fail to see the little things in front of me the things
that mean so much to you a way to let you know
That I appreciate the way you always tolerate but sometimes when
I medicate frustration in you shows me how you feel

But I swear I'm not the devil
who do you think I am?
I swear I'm not the devil
and I scream
I swear I'm not the devil
who do you think I am?
I swear I'm not the devil


8.Please

Can't you see that I'm sick of this?
Chances are you're oblivious
To how I feel, Sitting on your throne
And I'm sure that I'm not alone, not alone, not alone...

Tell me please, who the fuck did you want me to be?
Was it something that I couldn't see?
Never knew this would be so political
And please, I'm still wearing this miserable skin
And it's starting to tear from within
But it's obvious that doesn't bother you
So please...

I didn't think that you'd sell me out
Now I know what you're all about
You might feel in control of things
But you're not holding all the strings, all the strings, all the
strings...

Tell me please, who the fuck did you want me to be?
Was it something that I couldn't see?
Never knew this would be so political
And please, I'm still wearing this miserable skin
And it's starting to tear from within
But it's obvious that doesn't matter to you

I swallowed all your answers; I've swallowed all my pride
You've used up all your chances,
To keep this all inside

Tell me please, who the fuck did you want me to be?
Was it something that I couldn't see?
Never knew this would be so political
And please I'm still wearing this miserable skin
And it's starting to tear from within
But it's obvious that doesn't bother you
So please, don't keep telling me that it's okay
I don't buy all the shit that you say
And quite honestly I'm fucking sick of it
So please, if I cut off this nose from my face
Then I wouldn't feel so out of place
But it still wouldn't be quite enough for you,
So please?


9.Everything Changes

If you just walked away
What could I really say?
would it matter anyway?
would it change how you feel?

I am the mess you chose
the closet you can not close
The devil in you I suppose
'cuz the wounds never heal

(Chorus)
But everything changes
if I could turn back the years
If you could learn to forgive me
then I could learn to feel

Sometimes the things I say
In moments of disarray
Succumbing to the games we play
To make sure that it's real

(Chorus)

When it's just me and you
Who knows what we could do
If we can just make it through
through this part of the day

(Chorus)

Then we could
Stay here together
And we could
Conquer the world
If we could
Say that forever
It's more than just a word

If you just walked away
What could I really say?
It wouldn't matter anyway.
It wouldn't change how you feel.


10.Trippy

I can't believe how far I've gone
Watch me stumble and come undone
If you take away, these memories
All that's left, is just me

'Cause I don't want this
and I don't need this
and I don't feel this
It seems that even though she's with me I can't shake this
I can't fake this
and I won't take this anymore

So you trace, to break my heart
Should have seen this from the start
I'm haunted by your apathy
All that's left is killing me


You believe that the way you choose to be
I've always had to see
The promise I don't fit so I don't lose my faith
Now the sun has gone away
It's getting colder everyday
So before I freeze to death there's something I should say

I don't want this
I don't need this
and I don't feel this
It seems that even though she's with me I can't shake this
and I can't fake this
and I won't take this anymore

And though you say you understand you still won't face this
Can't erase this
I won't embrace this anymore


11.King of all Excuses

You, I trusted your intentions
A trust you took advantage of
Now you are sitting in the hole that you dug around yourself

You've lied so much you think it's true
Do you know what the truth is?
How does someone get to be like you?
The king of all excuses

Is she your partner in deception or caught inside the web you?ve
spun?
Did you forget that you were family, the damage you have done

You've lied so much you think it's true
Do you know what the truth is?
How does someone get to be like you?
The king of all excuses

I trusted you, I trusted in you

You've lied so much you think it's true
Do you know what the truth is?
How does someone get to be like you?
The king of all excuses

Everything must come full circle,
It kills me that I feel this hurtful,
I wonder what your children think of you,
The king of all excuses


12.Reply

I have seen
Too many sad eyes look at me
And eyes that set me free
All the places that I've been

(Chorus)
Thank you for
The letters that you thought you wrote in vain
And for
The times you chose to stand out in the rain
And wait
For me
For me

Your words
Your words have made us see
A little honesty
In a world that doesn't share
And your eyes
Tell the story of your pain
Severity of your
In a world that doesn't care

(Chorus)

You
You understand my pain
From this I gather strength
In that we are the same

(Chorus)

The life I live would never be the same
Without you here
You here
You here
Without you here