Fading Away

Oh misguided soul
 You say you're not like every so and so
 You like to think you know
 Just how far everything should go and so
 You never really try
 to reach the bottom that you buried alive inside
 So your story goes
 A shallow river but it flows and flows
 You almost made it
 You got so jaded along the way
 You almost made it but your heart couldn't take it
 When you gave it away
 And now you're fading away
 You said that time's so cruel
 Still lickin' wounds that it left on you
 Too many scars to care
 No time to heal 'em then why so much to spare
 The times that hurt so bad
 You look back on them and long for what we had
 Oh what a hand to play
 But you took the cards and threw them away
 Oh what a lucky break
 Nobody watched you make a single mistake
 You get to keep your pride
 But I get to watch it eat you alive