Stopwatch

[Verse 1]

Yes, and I guess, it's just a sign that I'm a pessimist

But life is limited if time is how you measure it

Nobody's innocent

Let's quit pretending such

Just let it finish up so this message can self-destruct

And I don't know my high from low anymore

I'm just trying to do my best

Trying not to get carried off the floor

Climb down the fire escape and throw the mask in the trash

We drowning in a tidal wave from a bath tub splash

And when they finally try to harvest a colony

It's probably when everybody is around an olive tree

It's likely gonna be too late to crown a hero

But we can make a statement making party at Ground Zero

And I can do this to ya all night long

But I, no matter what, I'd still be doing ya wrong

And when I'm strong enough to break out of my eggshell

I wanna hear the ladies yell like I've aged well

[Chorus]

We fought ourselves we think we won

We taught ourselves to reach the sun

Took a chance going against the odds

We don't die, we won't even stop, watch

If you don't stop then you won't get caught

If you don't stop then you won't get caught

If you don't stop then you won't get caught

If you don't stop then you won't get caught

[Verse 2]

And now I

Now I believe I've got the right of way

To make a brighter day

Instead of wasting life away

Waiting for lights to change

You not seeing me

I'm swallowed by the scenery

Camouflage my injuries

Channel all my energies

I leave room for the lens to shift

Should've predicted or presumed that you'd be sensitive

But every story needs a conflict, and ours is

I can't find a fuck to present you with

And baby it's the same song whole world singing it

Some of us just humming along some of us really bringin' it

And if it fires up a fraction of the sleeping giant

May we live long enough to see the times that redefine it

And I'm certain all that pain is for a purpose

Makes no difference who's the first one to write their name up on the surface

Some day your work will find its way to get observed

It's just there's too many words and nobody's getting heard

[Chorus]

We fought ourselves we think we won

We taught ourselves to reach the sun

Took a chance going against the odds

We don't die, we won't even stop, watch

If you don't stop then you won't get caught

If you don't stop then you won't get caught

If you don't stop then you won't get caught

If you don't stop then you won't get caught

If you don't stop then you won't get caught

If you don't stop then you won't get caught

If you don't stop then you won't get caught

If you don't stop

[Outro]

Just take me as I am

Just take me as I am (oh yeah)

Just take me as I am (oh yeah)

Just take me as I am (oh yeah)

Just take me as I am