Ali for Cody

[Verse 1]

I'm giving up all expectations

That I will live a meaningful life

I once was filled with inspiration

That lion heart has lost his pride

[Pre-Chorus]

I am not the person that I thought that I would be

[Chorus]

I keep tripping over the same steps

The stars aren't beautiful

Advice is never useful

And I still walk the line held tight with my regrets

I'd rather die than live like this

I've gotta give up giving in

[Verse 2]

Some people never will go crazy

What horrible lives they must lead

I'm going to try and paint new scenery

And build a window to help me see

[Pre-Chorus]

I am not the person that I thought that I would be

[Chorus]

I keep tripping over the same steps

The stars aren't beautiful

Advice is never useful

And I still walk the line held tight with my regrets

I'd rather die than live like this

I've gotta give up giving in

I have got my eyelids stapled shut

[Verse 3]

I have failed but I'm used to it

The past is just that

It's a sunken old ship

There will be moments

I pretend

That I can raise it up

Up back from the depths

[Verse 4]

Who the fuck am I kidding?

I was born with the curse of always giving in

(Giving in!)

Every day is another chance

To make peace with myself

But I would rather play dead

[Bridge]

Sure it looks easy when it's through borrowed eyes

The hero has a thousand faces, none of them matching mine

Fuck the world, fuck the stars, fuck the person you are

None of this will matter if I don't give up folding my cards

[Chorus]

I keep tripping over the same steps

The stars aren't beautiful

Advice is never useful

And I still walk the line held tight with my regrets

I'd rather die than live like this

I've gotta give up giving in

I have got my eyelids stapled shut