Compromise

Build myself up to tear me down
 Speak low and make no sound
 Say something referential
 Sell me off pound for pound
 Fall out of love and out of line
 Say "I won't waste my time
 With little things like empathy
 And calling someone mine"
 Spend the night with catastrophe
 Hold my breath while I try to sleep
 Why you looking so plain?
 Pray for some sort of relief
 But what's it worth if you like to bleed?
 Forget my name
 Deep down, I think I love the rush of the guilt
 Write down about a thousand lies
 Hate myself for the hundredth time
 Call it compromise
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 Go take another photograph
 Something to make 'em laugh
 Then second guess all of the traits
 You thought you knew you had
 Another day on the fence
 Another bridge I can't mend
 Stuck with the hell in my head
 (Just echo what she said)
 Spend the night with catastrophe
 Hold my breath while I try to sleep
 Why you looking so plain?
 Pray for some sort of relief
 But what's it worth if you like to bleed?
 Forget my name
 Deep down, I think I love the rush of the guilt
 Write down about a thousand lies
 Hate myself for the hundredth time
 Call it compromise
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 Watching me go down
 Living life in a ghost town
 Make me speed up and slow down
 (Find my place in the background)
 Watch me feign exhaustion
 Help me cope with caution
 Pressure makes me nauseous
 Guess that's why they call this compromise
 Spend the night with catastrophe
 Hold my breath while I try to sleep
 Why you looking so plain?
 Pray for some sort of relief
 But what's it worth if you like to bleed?
 Forget my name
 Deep down, I think I love the rush of the guilt
 Write down about a thousand lies
 Hate myself for the hundredth time
 Call it compromise