I'm a surrogate I'm archetypal and itinerant I'm your excuse to long For a superior I will undertake I will overcome Imperfection you will find Look close enough Tear off the mask I need This endeavor is not mine You subject me to the daggers you conceive I'm stronger than I was before Thus you reinforce these walls I can't fight you anymore Threatened by the open door All the chances I ignore I can't stand still anymore The day is done Nothing left to say Resting head in hands Wishing I had known my place To take a stand The errand of a fool I'm not to reprimand I'm here to help you through Is nothing like it seems? Living in this sequence, a dream Is nothing like it seems? Gather broken shards of self esteem Burning bridges as I cower beneath Trying to salvage the debris My devotion Tied around your waist lest you fall No one seems to sense the strain No one seems to know I don't begin to proclaim that I know I can't continue down this road Dwelling on what has come to pass No force alive will bring it back I would know I can feel the pressure getting steeper with every life lost You hore that I won't see the light of day in time to come With no conviction founded Just judgement contorted based on lust Give me strength Your assumption brings to a conclusion of no consequence And I refuse to play into your hands your appeal Inadequate, inadequate I know, I know, I know, I know I've hoped, I've hoped, you'll see me Turn back time Reason why Break neck speed History Waiting (waiting), waning (waning) Exasperating Unstrung Tethered Hoping forever No! I tried to settle bets with my own soul Bless my lips for the first time before you don't Gripping to the last touch of your hand I grow to loathe Hope that you remember just how far I'll go I'll spend the rest of my life wishing I'm enough Resist Resist Resist