Out Of The Fray - Career Suicide

HOW LONG WILL WE PRETEND

IT’S SEEN SO LONG SINCE WE COULD DEFEND

OUR ACTION AND INTENTIONS START TO COMPETE

THEY COLLIDE AND LEAD US TO DECEIT

THE RIGHT WAY THE WRONG WAY

LEAD ME OUT OF THE FRAY

EXTINGUISH THIS DIMMING LIGHT

THEY’LL NEVER NOTICE ONCE WE’RE OUT OF SIGHT

IS THERE A GOOD TIME AND A SAD TIME?

IS THERE ANY WAY TO WASH OFF THIS GRIME?

WE TRY SO HARD TO GET AWAY

BUT SOMETHINGS ABOUT OURSELVES WE JUST CAN NOT BETRAY

BUT IT‘S GETTING HARDER AND HARD TO KEEP TRACK

OF ALL THE EYES SEATING DOWN UPON OUR BACKS

I’M HELPFUL AND HELPLESS

THE CAUSE AND SOLUTION OF THIS MESS

I’LL HAVE TO RESOLVE TO RESIDE

NOT GET CAUGHT ON THE WRONG SIDE

GATHER AND REGROUP OURSELVES

STILL WE END UP LIKE FILES ON SHELF

THOUGH I SWEAT BLEED PUSH AND SCRAPE

CONSTANTLY DREAMING UP A NEW ESCAPE

BUT IT’S GETTING HARDER AND HARD TO KEEP TRACK

OF ALL THE EYES SEATING DOWN UPON OUR BACKS

ALL THE BITS AND PIECES THAT COMPOUND

FORMING THIS BULGING MASS THAT WEIGHS US DOWN

SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE MY LIFE IS NOT MY OWN

LETTING MYSELF BE GUIDED BY A FUCKING METRONOME

AND I JUST WANT TO SKIP A BEAT

IS THIS REALLY SUCH A FEAT?

DOES THIS NEED TO BE A TEST?

WHY MUST I BE WEIGHED AGAINST THE REST?

THE RIGHT WAY THE WRONG WAY

LEAD ME OUT OF THE FRAY

EXTINGUISH THIS DIMMING LIGHT

THEY’LL NEVER NOTICE ONCE WE’RE OUT OF SIGHT

IS THERE A GOOD TIME AND A SAD TIME?

IS THERE ANY WAY TO WASH OFF THIS GRIME?

WE TRY SO HARD TO GET AWAY

BUT SOMETHINGS ABOUT OURSELVES WE JUST CAN NOT BETRAY

BUT IT‘S GETTING HARDER AND HARD TO KEEP TRACK

OF ALL THE EYES SEATING DOWN UPON OUR BACKS