Picking Up Pieces

[Verse 1]

I really need to talk with you

I keep stepping on the vein

That keeps my lifeline flowing through

I wanna be your perfect stick of glue

But I don't feel perfect at all

Sad and insecure flaw

I find it hard to hold conversations

I get sweaty, sick, and I wanna walk away

No, it's not you; it's strictly me in this situation

But I'm wondering, will it ever go away?

Just go away, still

[Pre-Chorus]

Sometimes, I feel like weeping

Awake and when I'm sleeping

Perfecting how to put a game face on

And this puzzle I've been keeping

Has been in hiding, creeping out the closet door

Spilling out onto the floor

[Chorus]

How long will I be picking up pieces?

How long will I be picking up my heart?

[Verse 2]

Listen...

I'll be as honest as I feel

I'm getting more paranoid 'cause I'm hearing things

And they never turn out real

It feels like my heart is made of pure steel

It's just so heavy all the time

I'm scared of death, I'm scared of living

I gave up on the past 'cause it's unforgiving

I misplaced my trust, I watched my word begin to rust

I'm that balloon about to bust

I need a place for reliving, still

[Pre-Chorus]

Sometimes, I feel like weeping

Awake and when I'm sleeping

Perfecting how to put a game face on

And this puzzle I've been keeping

Has been in hiding, creeping out the closet door

Spilling out onto the floor

[Chorus]

How long will I be picking up pieces?

How long will I be picking up my heart?

Be picking up my heart?

[Bridge]

I've been picking up my heart

Be picking up my heart

Be picking up my heart

Picking up my heart

Keep picking up my heart

[Chorus]

How long, in another space and time?

Keep picking up pieces in the corner of my mind

How long, getting oh-so hard to find?

Keep picking up pieces in the corner of my mind

[Outro]

But I still walk on