Looking out for

I tried, tried not to get down on myself

But in the process we got lives on the line

But the deeper I get into this fire

I cry myself to sleep

Thinking what I should have, could have done

I never had the chance, oh no don't get me wrong

We got the tools to do good but when it's said and done

I close my eyes, I try to shut it out

I close my eyes, pretend to hear no sound

I close my eyes, visualize this is paradise

I close my heart, my conscience is my price

Keep telling yourself the world's gonna be just fine

You play by the rules but I'm just gonna live by mine

How did we all forget to this point of such distraction

Take the money and run, run, run

I search my soul

Thinking what I should have, could have done

I never had the chance, oh no don't get me wrong

We got the tools to do good but when it's said and done

I close my eyes, I try to shut it out

I close my eyes, pretend to hear no sound

I close my eyes, visualize this is paradise

I close my heart, my conscience is my price

Oh, the world just stops

It's getting harder and harder to feel

Just waiting, biding time, looking for answers

Till I know it's real

It don't feel the same

Will I heal?

Will it ever be the same?

Hope I will

Comes down 'bout time I prepare myself

For that long climb up on my knees from the bowels of hell

But I bet I'm reaching for a practical swimming against the tide

Redemption's a lonely road but someone's gotta try

But to be so selfish, to reclaim my soul

I search high to the heaven, wait my

Luck, but guess we'll still be close

I guess we'll still be close

I close my eyes, I try to shut it out

I close my eyes, pretend to hear no sound

I close my eyes, visualize this is paradise

I close my heart, my conscience is my price

In the end you wait and see, you get what you deserve