When the Contagion Is You

I'm looking down at shaking hands
 They belong to a different man
 He's changing fast and I've been thinking
 About this place and all its demons
 So much to gain, so much to lose
 Different paths that we must choose
 You weren't there but I hope you know
 Holding on hurts more than letting go
 Sometimes holding on hurts more than letting go
 I've been there before and now I know
 Now after all we've seen
 Through veils of apathy
 We try to gain new ground
 And watch our demons drown
 Control slips through the cracks
 I feel myself detach
 Time can't heal every wound
 When the contagion is you
 This rotted heart inside a cage
 Beating hard and bound in chains
 Hatred flows through arteries
 Colder blood and hardened veins
 Although alike, we're not the same
 No choices left but to change
 I see in you what I can't become
 Holding on hurts more than letting go
 Sometimes holding on hurts more than letting go
 The only way to heal is to let go
 Now after all we've seen
 Through veils of apathy
 We try to gain new ground
 And watch our demons drown
 Control slips through the cracks
 I feel myself detach
 Time can't heal every wound
 When the contagion is you
 There's no cure
 When the contagion is you
 Time, searching for the answers
 Can't cut away the cancer
 Heal, wounds still open
 I'm here, barely fucking coping
 I need to just let go
 Can't look into the rearview
 Hold you up any longer
 If it doesn't make me stronger
 Sometimes holding on hurts more than letting go
 Letting go
 There's no cure
 When the contagion is you
 Now after all we've seen
 Through veils of apathy
 We try to gain new ground
 And watch our demons drown
 Control slips through the cracks
 I feel myself detach
 Time can't heal every wound
 When the contagion is you
 Now after all we've seen
 Through veils of apathy
 We try to gain new ground
 And watch our demons drown
 Control slips through the cracks
 I feel myself detach
 Time can't heal every wound
 When the contagion is you