Scab and Plaster

[Verse 1]

I stepped into a room of clocks that all told different times

I stepped into a mirrored world that mirrored all our crimes

You keep picking at the scab and I'll keep selling the plaster

You keep telling me that I'm bad

But I keep on getting better faster

[Pre-Chorus]

You hold me down and you hold me up

You can't communicate

You brought me up just to bring me down

I've nothing left to say

[Chorus]

I've lost, I've lost my innocence

I've found my self-belief

And in a cup of loneliness

I've found instant relief

[Post-Chorus]

You hold me down, you hold me up

Oh Daddy, are we out of luck?

You brought me up to bring me down

You shut me in, you shut me out

[Verse 2]

I'm gone, I'm gone to heaven

I'm gone, I'm gone to hell

If nobody could see I'd hold my hand out to be held

I wish that you could just admit that you did bad things too

Instead of criticizing me so I don't look at you

[Pre-Chorus]

You hold me down and you hold me up

You can't communicate

You brought me up just to bring me down

I've nothing left to say

[Chorus]

I've lost, I've lost my innocence

I've found my self-belief

And in a cup of loneliness

I've found instant relief

[Post-Chorus]

You hold me down, you hold me up

Oh Daddy, are we out of luck?

You brought me up to bring me down

You shut me in, you shut me out

[Bridge]

You keep picking at the scab

So I'll keep on selling the plaster

And you, you think I'm bad

So I'll keep on getting better faster

[Chorus]

I've lost, I've lost my innocence

I've found my self-belief

And in a cup of loneliness

I've found instant relief

[Post-Chorus]

You hold me down, you hold me up

Oh Daddy, are we out of luck?

You brought me up to bring me down

You shut me in, you shut me out

[Chorus 2]

I've lost, I've lost my confidence

I found my self-belief

And in a cup of loneliness

I sailed a thousand seas

[Post-Chorus 2]

You tell me what to say and wear

You say that it's because you care

But I prefer to be alone

Than live a life that's not my own