Meteora

"Don't Stay"

Sometimes I need to remember just to breathe

 Sometimes I need you to stay away from me

Sometimes I’m in disbelief I didn’t know

Somehow I need you to go

[Chorus:]

 Don’t stay

Forget our memories

 Forget our possibilities

What you were changing me into

Just give me myself back and

 Don’t stay

Forget our memories

Forget our possibilities

Take all your faithlessness with you

Just give me myself back and

Don’t stay

Sometimes I feel like I trusted you too well

Sometimes I just feel like screaming at myself

 Sometimes I’m in disbelief I didn’t know S

omehow I need to be alone

 [Chorus]

I don’t need you anymore,

I don’t want to be ignored

 I don’t need one more day of you wasting me away

I don’t need you anymore,

I don’t want to be ignored

I don’t need one more day of you wasting me away

With no apologies

 [Chorus]

Don't stay

Don't stay

"Somewhere I Belong"

(When this began)

 I had nothing to say

And I get lost in the nothingness inside of me

 (I was confused)

And I let it all out to find

That I’m not the only person with these things in mind

 (Inside of me)

But all the vacancy the words revealed

Is the only real thing that I’ve got left to feel

 (Nothing to lose)

Just stuck/ hollow and alone

 And the fault is my own, and the fault is my own

[Chorus]

I wanna heal,

I wanna feel what I thought was never real

 I wanna let go of the pain I’ve held so long

(Erase all the pain till it’s gone)

I wanna heal,

 I wanna feel like I’m close to something real

I wanna find something I’ve wanted all along

Somewhere I belong

 And I’ve got nothing to say

 I can’t believe I didn’t fall right down on my face

(I was confused)

Looking everywhere only to find

 That it’s not the way I had imagined it all in my mind

 (So what am I)

 What do I have but negativity

’Cause I can’t justify the way, everyone is looking at me

(Nothing to lose)

Nothing to gain/ hollow and alone

And the fault is my own, and the fault is my own

[Repeat Chorus]

I will never know myself until I do this on my own

 And I will never feel anything else, until my wounds are healed

I will never be anything till I break away from me

 I will break away, I'll find myself today

[Repeat Chorus]

 I wanna heal,

 I wanna feel like I’m somewhere I belong

I wanna heal,

I wanna feel like I’m somewhere I belong

Somewhere I belong

"Lying From You"

When I pretend everything is what I want it to be

I look exactly like what you always wanted to see

When I pretend, I can’t forget about the criminal I am

Stealing second after second just cause I know I can but

 I can’t pretend this is the way it’ll stay

 I’m just

 (trying to bend the truth)

I can’t pretend I’m who you want me to be, so I’m

[Chorus]

 (Lying my way from you)

No no turning back now

(I wanna be pushed aside so let me go)

No no turning back now

(Let me take back my life,I’d rather be all alone)

 No turning back now

(Anywhere on my own cuz I can see)

No no turning back now

(The very worst part of you is me)

I remember what they taught to me

 Remember condescending talk of who I ought to be

Remember listening to all of that and this again

So I pretended up a person who was fittin’ in

And now you think this person really is me and I’m

(Trying to bend the truth)

But the more I push the more I'm pulling away 'cuz I'm

[Chorus]

 (Lying my way from you)

No no turning back now

(I wanna be pushed aside so let me go)

 No no turning back now

(Let me take back my life I’d rather be all alone)

No turning back now

(Anywhere on my own cuz I can see)

 No no turning back now

(The very worst part of you)

(The very worst part of you is ME)

This isn’t what I wanted to be,

 I never thought that what I said would have you running from me

Like This

This isn’t what I wanted to be,

I never thought that what I said would have you running from me

 Like This

 This isn’t what I wanted to be,

 I never thought that what I said would have you running from me

Like This

This isn’t what I wanted to be,

 I never thought that what I said would have you running from me

Like This

[Chorus]

 (You)

No turning back now

(I wanna be pushed aside so let me go)

 No no turning back now

 (Let me take back my life I’d rather be all alone)

No turning back now

(Anywhere on my own cuz I can see)

 No no turning back now

(The very worst part of you)

(The very worst part of you is me)

"Hit The Floor"

There are just too many times that people have tried to look inside of me

 Wondering what I think of you and I protect you out of courtesy

Too many times that I’ve held on when I needed to push away

Afraid to say what was on my mind afraid to say what I need to say

 Too many things that you've said about me when I’m not around

You think having the upper hand means you gotta keep putting me down

But I’ve had too many standoffs with you it’s about as much as I can stand

 And I'm waiting until the upper hand is mine

 [Chorus]

(One minute you're on top)

The next you're not watch it drop

(Making your heart stop)

Just before you hit the floor

 (One minute you're on top)

Next you're not missed your shot

 (Making you're heart stop)

You think you've won

 (And then its all gone)

So many people like me put so much trust in all your lies

So concerned with what you think to just say what we feel inside

 So many people like me walk on eggshells all day long

 All I know is that all I want is to feel like I’m not stepped on

There are so many things you say that make me feel you've crossed the line

What goes up will surely fall and I’m counting down the time

Cause I’ve had so many standoffs with you it’s about as much as I can stand

And I'm waiting until the upper hand is mine

[Chorus]

 (One minute you're on top)

The next you're not watch it drop

(Making your heart stop)

 Just before you hit the floor

(One minute you're on top)

Next you're not missed your shot

 (Making you're heart stop)

 You think you've won

(And then its all gone)

(And then it’s all gone)

(And then its all gone)

 (And then it’s all gone)

(Now it’s all gone)

 I know I’ll never trust a single thing you say

You knew your lies would divide us but you lied anyway

And all the lies have got you floating up above us all

But what goes up has got to fall

[Chorus]

(One minute you're on top)

The next you're not watch it drop

(Making your heart stop)

Just before you hit the floor

 (One minute you're on top)

Next you're not missed your shot

(Making you're heart stop)

You think you've won

(And then its all gone)

(And then it’s all gone)

(And then its all gone)

(And then it’s all gone)

(Now it’s all gone)

"Easier To Run"

 It's easier to run

 Replacing this pain with something numb

 It's so much easier to go

Than face all this pain here all alone

Something has been taken from deep inside of me

The secret I've kept locked away no one can ever see

 Wounds so deep they never show they never go away

Like moving pictures in my head for years and years they've played

 (If I could change I would take back the pain I would)

 (Retrace every wrong move that I made I would)

(If I could stand up and take the blame I would)

(If I could take all the shame to the grave I would)

(If I could change I would take back the pain I would)

(Retrace every wrong move that I made I would)

(If I could stand up and take the blame I would)

 (I would take all my shame to the grave)

[Chorus]

It's easier to run

Replacing this pain with something numb

 It's so much easier to go

Than face all this pain here all alone

Sometimes I remember the darkness of my past

 Bringing back these memories I wish I didn't have

Sometimes I think of letting go and never looking back

And never moving forward so there'd never be a past

(If I could change I would take back the pain I would)

 (Retrace every wrong move that I made I would)

(If I could stand up and take the blame I would)

 (If I could take all the shame to the grave I would)

 (If I could change I would take back the pain I would)

 (Retrace every wrong move that I made I would)

(If I could stand up and take the blame I would)

(I would take all my shame to the grave)

Just washing it aside

 All of the helplessness inside

Pretending I don't feel misplaced

It's so much simpler than change

[Chorus]

 It's easier to run

Replacing this pain with something numb

It's so much easier to go

Than face all this pain here all alone

 It's easier to run

(If I could change I would take back the pain I would)

(Retrace every wrong move that I made)

 It's easier to go

(If I could change I would take back the pain I would)

 (Retrace every wrong move that I made I would)

(If I could stand up and take the blame I would)

(I would take all my shame to the grave)

"Faint"

I am a little bit of loneliness a little bit of disregard

Handful of complaints but I can’t help the fact that everyone can see these scars

I am what I want you to want what I want you to feel

 But it's like no matter what I do, I can't convince you, to just believe this is real

So I let go, watching you, turn your back like you always do

Face away and pretend that I'm not

But I'll be here 'cause you're all that I got

[Chorus]

(I can't feel the way I did before)

(Don't turn your back on me)

(I won't be ignored)

 (Time won't heal this damage anymore)

 (Don't turn your back on me)

(I won't be ignored)

 I am a little bit insecure a little unconfident

Cause you don't understand I do what I can but sometimes I don't make sense

I am what you never wanna say but I've never had a doubt

It's like no matter what I do I can't convince you for once just to hear me out

So I let go watching you turn your back like you always do

 Face away and pretend that I'm not

But I'll be here 'cause you're all that I've got

[Chorus]

(I can't feel the way I did before)

(Don't turn your back on me)

 (I won't be ignored)

(Time won't heal this damage anymore)

(Don't turn your back on me)

 (I won't be ignored)

 (No)

 (Hear me out now)

 (You're gonna listen to me, like it or not)

 (Right now)

 (Hear me out now)

(You're gonna listen to me, like it or not)

(Right now)

 (I can't feel the way I did before)

(Don't turn your back on me)

 (I won't be ignored)

[Chorus]

 (I can't feel the way I did before)

(Don't turn your back on me)

 (I won't be ignored)

(Time won't heal this damage anymore)

(Don't turn your back on me)

 (I won't be ignored)

I can't feel

 Don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored

Time won't heal

Don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored

"Figure.09"