Regular Expressions

Troubled youth, troubled past where our story begins
 Looking back, know the facts, so recorded for him
 With this anger that's rotted out a portion within
 So he's hoping that there's more at his core than a sin
 Now everybody's saying it's important to win
 So that's making all mistakes feel like torture to him
 Slipping even further let the normal rescind
 And he doesn't need a reason 'cause he's more than convinced
 Built from the ground up on errors
 Torn down even lower from his failures
 Seeing no way out so he keeps it inside
 Now it's growing, getting potent while it weakens his pride
 Facing situations got him seeking to hide
 Turning everything to stalemates, can't even decide
 Pushing to the edge til we reach a divide
 The only question that he's asking why he's even alive
 One statement, no questions
 Put your fist up for your regular expressions
 One statement, no questions
 Put your fist up for your regular expressions
 No clear escape from this rut that he's in
 Where everyone around looks for something to skim
 It's the same old same but there must be a win
 And he can't stop ignoring all this hunger within
 With each day that passes the seal is more broken
 Plus the intensity's just getting more potent
 Overflowing with emotions and he has no way to show them
 Plus he has nowhere to stow them and the load is only growing
 So he, stepped to the stage with his weapon and aimed - get it
 A fresh page full of venom and rage - let it
 Empty and drain all the stress and the pain - said it
 Pumping the strain through his head and his veins - medic
 Gotta grow so he's giving away
 Finally found a channel and it's ready to play
 Delivering the man to stand before you today
 With the regular expression that he's wanted to say
 One statement, no questions
 Put your fist up for your regular expressions
 One statement, no questions
 Put your fist up for your regular expressions
 Armed with his energy, it's battle again
 Equipped all his items with a pad and his pen
 Got a long storied road with a path to descend
 Cause perfect's only worth it if you practice to win
 Finding only lyrics in relieving the charge
 The feelings start receding still believing it's large
 Hands on deck but he's keeping his cards
 Cause he'd blast it into orbit if he reached for the stars
 Insults, doubt, blame, he's feeling these scars
 And now they're all compounding like there's evil at large
 Every line so cathartic when he's screaming these bars
 With a force to be reckoned put the people in charge
 Came to understand it's about what he shares
 When he needs it like we breathe it coming out of the air
 From the stage what he sees in the crowd when he stares
 Is a sea full of people with their fist in the air
 One statement, no questions
 Put your fist up for your regular expressions
 One statement, no questions
 Put your fist up for your regular expressions