At Sickness

[Verse 1]

I can't believe they let me see the way they fight

Eat, sleep, deny

Like a pair of starving dogs being trained to bite

Under gross fluorescent lights

[Pre-Chorus]

Why did you bring me here?

And if I'm really home, then why

Why does it feel so strange?

I'm gonna burn it down

Sweep the ashes off of what remains

[Chorus]

Operate like this is all a nightmare

I'm not supposed to be here

The steady pace, the bitter taste

And cold tears I don't wipe away any more

Hell, I wish I was only depressed

I'm starved of all things but your stress

I get three square a day, and the excess I pray

Make it stop, what for?

I'll meet you at sickness, I'm sure

[Verse 2]

Bury my face in this earthquake

Cover my ears, for heaven's sake

I woke up rolling down the hill

Perhaps something played the games

That lovers never will

[Pre-Chorus]

How could you leave us here?

This one looks at me like a TV

But why don't they hear me scream?

As I hop aboard this burning wreck, and head right for the sun

I'm done

[Chorus]

'Cause that's the way I'm gonna end this nightmare

I'm not supposed to be here

The steady pace, the bitter taste

And cold tears I don't wipe away any more

Hell, I wish I was only depressed

I'm starved of all things but your stress

I get three square a day, and the excess I pray

Make it stop, what for?

I'll meet you at sickness, I'm sure

[Bridge]

A stolen glance at your diary

I couldn't keep it shut

I advanced, you'd failed to keep it locked

Forever lost

Face down, wide awake

Sound dies, meanings change

Mind breaks, tongue turns

Words that follow have no place

They have no place, but cannot wait

They cannot wait once they start

You're just so good at breaking my heart

[Chorus]

I'm gonna end this nightmare

I'm not supposed to be here

The steady pace, the bitter taste

And cold tears I don't wipe away any more

Hell, I wish I was only depressed

I'm starved of all things but your stress

I get three square a day, and the excess I pray

Make it stop, what for?

I'll meet you at sickness, I'm sure