The Mask (Stripped)

[Verse 1] Well, I felt the burn Since the day you departed and talked from the tomb I'm still healing those wounds And it holds me down But made me a man that says "Fuck all those rules, I will be who I choose" It's a lonely road With one grip on several psalms and one grip on the gun And it holds the rope That spins me in circles and dizzies my head Then says, "Sleep when you're dead" [Verse 2] Were you ever here? Or just lost on the surface that at the first touch just evades in the dust And it pulls me down Showed me my demons lined up in a sequence, forming a crowd It was so long With a piece of happy home that they stripped from the bone I did not react I settled my grievance by crafting a mask And I never looked back [Instrumental] [Bridge] So, tell me what you know I'm in deeper than I've ever been I will never grow While this anchor is chained to my feet Tell me what you know I'm in deeper than I've ever been I will never grow While this anchor is chained to my feet [Outro] Tell me what you know I settled my grievance by crafting a mask And I never looked... I will never grow I settled my grievance by crafting a mask And I never looked... Tell me what you know I settled my grievance by crafting a mask And I never looked... I will never grow I settled my grievance by crafting a mask And I never looked back