Civil Wars

I remember your face in the mirror

I remember the look in your eyes

The subtlety of your secrets and whispers telling me that I’m something I’m not

All the silly games you play and walk away with nothing to show

We shed this skin wherever we go

Pull yourself together once again or else it’s all that she wrote

Your hands, my heart. We’ll take it slow

The wars we wage inside our heads

The lies we can’t escape

We tasted fear from younger years and buried our mistakes

The weaker ones are left behind

The wounded, good as dead

So tell me who you think you are

We’ll handle this like men

You think you’re tough then put your money where your mouth is

So afraid of the thought of what you could become

The fight is here and it is more than you had bargained for

Run away, run away

It’s what you really want

The wars we wage inside our heads

The lies we can’t escape

We tasted fear from younger years and buried our mistakes

The weaker ones are left behind

The wounded, good as dead

So tell me who you think you are

We’ll handle this like men

We’ve all got civil wars

We’ve all got civil wars tearing us apart

You fell on black days once again

And still you crawl under my skin

There is no rest, you’re always there

Killing myself is what I do best

You’re always there