Glenn’s Lyrics – Staind – Break The Cycle

[ Open Your Eyes | Pressure | Fade | It’s Been A While | Change

Can’t Believe | Epiphany | Suffer | Safe Place | For You

Outside | Waste | Take It ]

 

Open Your Eyes

As I walk along these streets I see a man that walks alone Distant echo of peoples feet He has no place to call his own A shot rings out from a roof over head A crack head asks for change nearby An old man lies in an alleyway dead A little girl lost just stands there and cries What would you do, if it was you Would you take everything for granted like you do? A boy just 13 on the corner for sale Swallows his pride for another hit Overpopulation there's no room in jail But most of you don't give a sh@$ That your daughters are porno stars and Your sons sell death to kids You're so lost in your little worlds Your little worlds you'll never fix What would you do, if it was you Would you take everything for granted like you do? You turn away As I walk along the streets Soaking up the cold rain Underneath the taxi cabs I hear the streets cry out in vain What would you do, if it was you Would you take everything for granted like you do?

 

Pressure

I just need this to be all right I can't feel this another night I can't take this I come unglued I just need this to be alright I can't feel this another night I can't take this I come unglued I might breakdown in front of you necessary to medicate I'm not sleeping, can't stay awake Can't see through this Too much pressure Drowning in this Too much pressure If you need me I'll be here Half unconscious to escape my fear I can't take this I come unglued I might breakdown in front of you necessary to medicate I'm not sleeping, can't stay awake Can't see through this Too much pressure Drowning in this Too much pressure My head hurts this sh@$ isn't getting me high My chest is so tight am I going to die My stomach's in knots and the room starts to spin As I wait for this valium to slowly kick in Can't see through this Too much pressure Drowning in this Too much pressure TOO MUCH PRESSURE!

 

FADE

I try to breathe Memories overtaking me I try to face them but The thought is too much to conceive I only know that I can change Everything else just stays the same So now I step out of the darkness that my life became 'cause I just needed someone to talk to You were just to busy with yourself You were never there for me To express how I felt I just stuffed it down Now I'm older and I feel like I could let some of this anger fade But it seems the surface I am scratching Is the bed that I have made So where were you? When all this I was going through You never took the time To ask me just what you could do I only know that I can change Everything else just stays the same So now I step out of the darkness that my life became 'cause I just needed someone to talk to You were just to busy with yourself You were never there for me To express how I felt I just stuffed it down Now I'm older and I feel like I could let some of this anger fade But it seems the surface I am scratching Is the bed that I have made I never meant to fade... Away I NEVER MEANT TO FADE I just needed someone to talk to You were just to busy with yourself You were never there for me To express how I felt I just stuffed it down Now I'm older and I feel like I could let some of this anger fade But it seems the surface I am scratching Is the bed that I have made I try to breathe...

 

It's Been Awhile

And it's been awhile

Since I could hold my head up high

And it's been awhile

Since I first saw you

And it's been awhile

Since I could stand on my own two feet again

And it's been awhile

Since I could call you

 

And everything I can't remember

As f@$@ed up as it all may seem

The consequences that I've rendered

I've stretched myself beyond my means

 

And it's been awhile

Since I can say that I wasn't addicted

And it's been awhile

Since I can say I love myself as well

And it's been awhile

Since I've gone and f@$@ed things up just like I always do

And it's been awhile

But all that sh@$ seems to disappear when I'm with you

 

And everything I can't remember

As f@$@ed up as it all may seem

The consequences that I've rendered

I've gone and f@$@ed things up again

 

Why must I feel this way?

Just make this go away

Just one more peaceful day!

 

And it's been awhile

Since I could look at myself straight

And it's been awhile

Since I said I'm sorry

And it's been awhile

Since I've seen the way the candle lights your face

And it's been awhile

But I can still remember just the way you taste

 

And everything I can't remember

As f@$@ed up as it all may seem to be I know it's me

I cannot blame this on my father

He did the best he could for me

 

And it's been awhile

Since I could hold my head up high

And it's been awhile

Since I said I'm sorry

 

 

Change

If ever you had said to me before

That I would live this life that I am

Living now I guess it's all so strange

To feel the way I do inside but

Have so much that I could feel some

pride for in my life so why is it that

I feel like this

 

How do I feel? I've been here before.

I've felt this.

Retreat to a place, a place within.

I need this. Keep it all down, bottled inside

It breaks me to torment again and

torture me like it used to.

 

I try and try to break away from all the hate

I'm feeling for every one of you that's ever

done me wrong. I need to justify the reasons

for the way I'm living. I guess I can't 'cause

I don't feel like I deserve it

 

How do I feel? I've been here before.

I've felt this.

Retreat to a place, a place within.

I need this. Keep it all down, bottled inside

It breaks me to torment again and

torture me like it used to.

 

So now the waves they have subsided

And my soul is bleeding I can't take away

the shame I feel. Forgive me.

 

How do I feel? I've been here before.

I've felt this.

Retreat to a place, a place within me.

I need this. Keep it all down, bottled inside

It breaks me to torment again and

torture me like it used to.

 

AGAIN!

 

Can't Believe

Respect

Respect is what is found

Respect should be abound

Respect everything that you leave

 

(I can't believe)

Can't Believe

 

And I, I can't believe

I can't believe all the travesty

Surrounding me, I , I want to flee

I want to flee from everything

In front of me!

 

Can't Believe

 

Never again, trusted in you

F@$@ everything you think I should be

I stand, never again, never again

--

Can't Believe

 

Epiphany

Your words to me just a whisper

Your faces so unclear

I try to pay attention

Your words just disappear

 

'Cause it’s always raining in my head

Forget all the thing's I should have said

 

So I speak to you in riddles because

My words get in my way. I smoke the

whole thing to my head and feel it

wash away 'cause I don't take anymore

or this, I want to come apart.

or dig myself a little hole inside

your precious heart

 

'Cause it’s always raining in my head

Forget all the things I should have said

 

I am nothing more than a little boy inside

That cries out for attention

though I always try to hide

'Cause I talk to you like children,

Though I don't know how I feel

But I know I'll do the right thing

If the right thing is revealed

 

'Cause it’s always raining in my head

Forget all the things I should have said

 

Suffer

The more you see the more you do

The television's feeding you. With what

You want to hear, anger and fear, because you suffer

 

The hate you feel won't go away you're all programmed to

feel this way to live another day within a world

That loves to suffer

 

And then I come to find everything's O.K. seen this all

before but that was yesterday. I try to walk right

through the messes that I've made just let me enjoy

the life here that I've made

 

I've tried to give it all to you. Can't take anymore to do

with this. It hurts inside. I know why I hide 'cause

I suffer

 

I tried to keep it all inside didn't leave me too much

pride forced it all down inside forced myself to make

me suffer

 

And then I come to find everything's O.K. seen this all

before but that was yesterday. I try to walk right

through the messes that I've made just let me enjoy

the life here that I've made

 

And then I come to find

 

Safe Place

Another day

Inside my world

I'm married to

you and this road.

A road that never lets

me sleep .

So there’s no way to escape the

demons I am forced to keep.

 

And then I find you here

Through your eyes

Everything's clear

And I'm home

Inside your arms,

But I'm alone for now.

 

I mean the best

with what I say.

It doesn't always

sound that way

I never learned to

Work things out cause

In my family all we

Ever seem to do is shout

 

But then I find you here

Through your eyes,

everything’s clear

And I'm home

inside your arms,

but I'm alone for now.

 

And when I try to sleep-

the drugs I take

are killing me - I think of you

to ease my pain -

but you're so far-

Now it's time to say goodbye.

I love you baby

please don't cry -

'cause then I'll find you here -

Through your eyes everything’s clear -

and I'm home inside your arms - but I'm alone for now.

 

But then I find you here

Through your eyes,

everything’s clear

And I'm home

inside your arms,

but I'm alone for now.

 



For You

To my mother, to my father,

It's your son or it's your daughter,

Are my screams loud enough for you to hear me?

Should I turn this up for you?

 

I sit locked inside my head

Remembering everything you've said

This silence gets us nowhere!

Gets us nowhere way too fast!

 

The silence is what kills me

I need someone here to help me

But you don't know how to listen

And let me make my decisions

 

'Cause I sit here locked

inside my head remembering everything you've said

The silence gets us nowhere!

Gets us nowhere to fast!

 

All your insults and your curses make

me feel like I'm not a person

And I feel like I am nothing but

you made me so do something

'Cause I'm f@$@ed up because you are

Need attention, attention you couldn't give

 

I sit here locked inside my head

Remembering everything you've said

This silence get us nowhere!

Gets us nowhere way to fast

 

Outside

And you

Bring me to my knees

Again

All the times

That I could beg you please

In vain

All the times

That I felt insecure

For you

But I leave

My burdens at the door

 

But I'm on the outside

And I'm looking in

I can see through you

See your true colors

'Cause inside your ugly

Your ugly like me

I can see through you

See to the real you

 

All the times

That I felt like this won't end

Was for you

And I taste

What I could never have

It's from you

All the times

That I've tried

My intentions

Full of pride

But I waste

More time than anyone

 

But I'm on the outside

And I'm looking in

I can see through you

See your true colors

'Cause inside your ugly

Your ugly like me

I can see through you

See to the real you

 

All the times

That I've cried

All this wasted

It's all inside

And I feel

All this pain

Stuffed it down

It's back again

And I lie

Here in bed

All alone

I can't mend

But I feel

Tomorrow will be OK

 

But I'm on the outside

And I'm looking in

I can see through you

See your true colors

'Cause inside your ugly

Your ugly like me

I can see through you

See to the real you

 

Waste

You mother came up to me

She wanted answers only she should know

Only she should know

 

It wasn't easy to deal

With the tears that rolled down her face

I had no answers 'cause

I didn't even know you

 

But these words

They can't replace

The life you...

...the life you waste

 

How could you paint this picture?

With life as bad as it should seem

That there were no more options for you

I can't explain how I feel

I've been there many times before

I've tasted the cold steel of my life crashing down before me

 

But these words

They can't replace

The life you...

...the life you waste

 

Did Daddy not love you?

Or did he love you just too much?

Did he control you?

Did he live through you at your cost?

Did he leave no questions for you to answer on your own?

 

WELL F@$@ THEM!

AND F@$@ HER!

AND F@$@ HIM!

AND F@$@ YOU!

For not having

The strength in your heart

To pull through!

I've had doubts!

I have failed!

I've f@$@ed up!

I've had plans!

Doesn't mean

I should take

My Life

With my own hands

 

But these words

They can't replace

The life you...

...the life you waste

 

But these words

The don't replace

The life you...

THE LIFE YOU WASTE

 

Take It

I feel like this won't go away

no matter how hard I try

to squeeze my eyes shut

so I can't see the pain

in you this pain in me - in me

 

But everything that I can say to you

Won't help you - everything you need is right in front of you

Just take it

 

I know that I am really not here

to represent what I am not clear

About in my head sometimes

I feel f@$@ed up just like you do - like you do

 

But everything that I can say to you

Won't help you - everything you need is right in front of you

Just take it

 

Try to make it through the daily pain

That you feel - maybe tomorrow won't be so bad.

It know it

'cause I once felt that way

Nothing I could say

Made it go away

I lived through this

I still feel this

I just live for my tomorrow

 

Make it go away

Just make it go away

She'll make it go away

 

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