Stalemate

[Chorus/Intro]

If I fail, if I fall

If I can't be free, then I never was at all

The more I fight, I stay the same

Where do I go and what do I do?

I'll never know if I never get through

The more I fight, I stay... the same

[Verse 1]

God, I love excuses

Nothing better than a homemade lie

New rules and old confusion

The ones you just despise

Out of my way, out of my reach

How do you dream if you still can't sleep?

My mind is a terrible gift

And I'd rather be numb than feel this way

[Pre-Chorus]

Come home when the metal is broken

Another thief doesn't honor a thing

Time flies when the moment is golden

I won't leave this clean

[Chorus]

If I fail, if I fall

If I can't be free, then I never was at all

The more I fight, I stay the same

Where do I go and what do I do?

I'll never know if I never get through

The more I fight, I stay the same

[Verse 2]

Half my time in one protection

This is better than a beggar's stand

New shoes and old directions

The epithet of man

Killing my name, killing my past

Nothing's left when nothing lasts

My life is a terrible waste...

And I'm going down fast

[Chorus]

But if I fail, if I fall

If I can't be free, then I never was at all

The more I fight, I stay the same

Where do I go and what do I do?

I'll never know if I never get through

The more I fight, I stay the same

[Verse 3]

Oh, don't be so distracted

I can tell you where the story ends

New sins and old abuses

No one wins again

This is my chance, this is my curse

We all know it'll only get worse

My hell is a terrible case

But I'll give you all hell first...

[Chorus]

If I fail, if I fall

If I can't be free, then I never was at all

The more I fight, I stay the same

If I'm still, if I stall

If I can't be heard, I will never even call

The more I fight, I stay the same

Where do I go and what do I do?

The very thought scares the hell out of you

The more I fight, I stay the same

[Outro]

If I fail, if I fall

If I know, if I care at all

The more I fight, I stay the same