yea.. uhh.. alright.. I mean... you either wanna get to know me, or you don't
it's really that simple.. that's all it is...

I've spent more than half my life being pissed off at the world
angry, evil, bitter everyday is starting to get old
I've weathered through the col and it's shown me just what pain does
and everywhere I go's just an overcast or rain clouds
in the shadows in the trenches in these gallows I'm defenseless
Novocain's detained my senses and this numbs become my exit
detached and apprehensive but desperate for attention
the only form of my expression is the state of my depression
I've walked this path for so long my feet are bruised and blistered
I'm not sure where I went wrong but know I have to get some distance
this life's a game of inches as I fight for it in eighths
but I reached the point I can't enjoy the progress that I made
please whatever it takes put a smile on my face
right the wrongs of my mistakes and lead me to a better place
point me in the right direction and I promise that I'll get there
relieved from disaffection in just knowing that I left here

We're all driven by the light and the fury inside
the passion the drive to strive for something precious in life
a rhythm, a line, a sign for that moment in time
a way to describe, define, I am one of a kind
so real to the touch we clutch those closest to us
and never give up cause it can all end so abrupt
we've all had it tough and learn through the pain we prevail
and never to fail we all have a story to tell

People say he's anti social removed and unapproachable
you'll never get too close to he's secluded unemotional
they'll never understand a man with scars within his psyche
so don't pretend you can or plan to question what's inside me
my demons are behind me but reappear too frequent
someday they'll go away but for now I can't believe it
I call it like I see it a haunted mind delusionist
and anyone I meet repeats the constant fear of losing them
my mother was my heart my father was my soul
and the day I lost them both I had nowhere else to go
and dug myself a hole alone and in the dark
a lonely path to walk without an ending or a start
but that's not what they would want so standup on your feet
don't become one of the weak and be succumb to your defeat
let's turn this all around this misery's so bleak
and make them proud the years from now for the day that you may meet

We're all driven by the light and the fury inside
the passion the drive to strive for something precious in life
a rhythm, a line, a sign for that moment in time
a way to describe, define, I am one of a kind
so real to the touch we clutch those closest to us
and never give up cause it can all end so abrupt
we've all had it tough and learn through the pain we prevail
and never to fail we all have a story to tell

So in conclusion what you see can be illusion
when you meet em' greet em' it may seem he is non translucent
and a gloomy dark and dismal dick who's quick to be dismissal
fiscal superficial prick couldn't be further from the issue
see initially my tendencies a misconstrued identity
viewed as an enemy before you'll ever be a friend to me
I tend to be defensive mechanism that's preventive
that's caused from my extensive past I have to move ahead of
but never get it twisted forever I'll stay distant
if you wanna get to know me show me though I'll be resistant
I welcome the persistence but insist that it be genuine
you'll get the best of em' the side that hides a perfect gentleman
discover someone brighter a lover not a fighter
a brother and provider to his core of moral fiber
so judge me like the others briefly glancing at the pages
a book without the flashy cover you'll have to read to be appreciated

We're all driven by the light and the fury inside
the passion the drive to strive for something precious in life
a rhythm, a line, a sign for that moment in time
a way to describe, define, I am one of a kind
so real to the touch we clutch those closest to us
and never give up cause it can all end so abrupt
we've all had it tough and learn through the pain we prevail
and never to fail we all have a story to tell