Scratching at the Surface

[Verse 1]

Why can't I see, why can't I hear?

(This wooden box you built of slander won't keep me inside)

You look away, you ridicule

(How dare you say you know me, you don't even know yourself)

[Verse 2]

Why can't you cope, why can't you heal?

(Do you even try to take the time to lick your wounds)

I dim the light, I hide my fear

(I'm trapped inside your design, give me time and you'll be mine)

[Pre-Chorus]

Your keys, my cage

Lower me down to

My grave!

[Chorus 1]

Your mind is stuck in a place so hollow

You think you're heaven but you're ground zero

Just below your halo

Is there even a sign of sorrow?

[Verse 3]

Why can't I live, why can't I breathe?

(Bordered in rope and twine I'm framed now show me where to hang)

I pull the plug, I disappear

(Strung up strung out, I've got another rusted nail for you to drive in)

[Pre-Chorus]

Your keys, my cage

Lower me down to my grave!

[Chorus 2]

I just don't wanna lay here sinking

I'm underground but my arms are reaching

Your nail, my coffin

You call me dead but it's you who's rotten

Your mind is stuck in a place so hollow

You think you're heaven but you're ground zero

Just below your halo

Is there even a sign of sorrow?

[Bridge]

If you could open up your eyes

Buried beneath if you could only reach me

If you could see through my disguise

You only seem to be scratching at the surface

[Chorus 2]

I just don't wanna lay here sinking

I'm underground but my arms are reaching

Your nail, my coffin

You call me dead but it's you who's rotten

Your mind is stuck in a place so hollow

You think you're heaven but you're ground zero

Just below your halo

Is there even a sign of sorrow?

[Bridge/Outro]

If you could open up your eyes

Buried beneath if you could only reach me

If you could see through my disguise

You only seem to be scratching at the surface

You only seem to be scratching at the surface

You only seem to be scratching at the surface