A Forever Recovery (Acoustic)

While everyone's sleeping in their bed
 I'm wide awake, lost in my head
 I'm so fucking tired and out of breath
 And it's been like this ever since you left
 I was always more careless than careful
 Losing grips on things I cared for
 My body's tired and these eyes are sore
 Forever drifting while you're safe ashore
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 While everyone's smug with second-best
 I'll bandage these wounds inside my chest
 Been carrying the weight of the world and just can't do it anymore
 It's impossible to be invincible in a world that's so deceitful
 But I just keep pretending that never sinking is believable
 Well, I've been down, and I've been out
 But this is something I've never felt
 The letters and the promises you've sent
 Have only brought me hell
 I'm breaking up the cycle of letting you pull me down
 Can you feel the ground shake? It caves from your weight
 Empty promises can't save you now
 The clarity of your voice has since turned to white noise and static
 It seems my outline and your scant design weren't meant for this schematic
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 Oh, I've become numb to what's come undone (your world is so very small)
 Your secondhand stories like sun before morning (a silent curtain call)
 Lost the shine that lit up your eyes (I won't be around)
 Your brightest words are your boldest lies (when it all comes crashing down)
 You've left me short on breath, I'm speechless
 Clinging to the only air I still have left
 Avoiding death
 Well, I've been down, and I've been out
 But this is something I've never felt
 The letters and the promises you've sent
 Have only brought me hell
 I'm breaking up the cycle of letting you pull me down
 Can you feel the ground shake? It caves from your weight
 Empty promises can't save you now
 The clarity of your voice has since turned to white noise and static
 It seems my outline and your scant design weren't meant for this schematic
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 What hurts the most isn't the fact that our lives changed
 It's how I've become so obsolete, but I'll thrive from what remains
 I've always been an open book, letting you skim through every chapter
 Now the pages are finally closed, a catalyst for your disaster
 Now you're down, the one that's out
 And this is something you've never felt
 With these words, I've helped myself grow inside and out of doubt
 And I know this brings you hell
 I finally broke the cycle of letting you pull me down
 Can you feel the ground shake? It caves from your weight
 Empty promises can't save you now
 The clarity of your voice has since turned to white noise and static
 It seems my outline and your scant design weren't meant for this schematic
 Was I the needle in your arm, the reason for your bad habit?
 Or were those empty words of a withdrawing addict?
 When the drugs are gone, I hope one thing remains
 I pray my voice still echoes through your veins