[the voiceless, the other voice]

[Intro]
For years
I ran from my mistakes;
Their piercing eyes
Are something I can't
Ever seem to flee

If I break
The wicked show their face
Persuaded by
The deep, grotesque disgust
Of what they see...

[Reprise]
Growing weaker every day
Feeling heart and soul decay-
If I'm not alone
Then why am I afraid...?

If I'm suffering inside
Do I rest 'til it subsides?
Do I keep it to myself and disappear?

My sorrow shows
And now it knows
That I'm still here
[Bridge]
SHUT UP

[Argument]
I'm done with hearing you
This is all you do-
COMPLAIN and BITCH and WHINE about YOURSELF

This is NOT your business.
STOP TALKING

Don't you DARE SAY ANY MORE
Just look at you-

The harsh advice of those who lovе you
 ... T h e   h a r s h    a d v i c e    I ' m    g i v e n
R  O  T S      w  i  t  h  i  n     t  h  i  s     H  E  L  L...

[Reprise]
Growing SPINELESS day by day
Watching as your MIND dеcays
You say that you'll keep MOVING ON
But you're AFRAID
How can I move on if you won't go away?!

I'm the PAIN within your head
And without ME you'd be DEAD
Even with you i would be dead.
I'm the reason why you'll NEVER disappear
You're the reason why i want to disappear...

DON'T WALK AWAY
YOU'RE who's to blame
If I'M still here

[Monologue during the bridge]
The coward had realized how he brought forth their greatest mistake. Silently, the coward fell to the ground, knees unbearably tired from trying to escape this hideous demon. Frightened and paralyzed eyes stared into the codas that glowed where eyes should've been, its running liquid body flashing a shadeless static that sounded as caustic as it looked, and it's equally noisy mouth roughly gnashed its white, glowing teeth. Every mark the demon left on the coward's broken body was a painful reminder of fruitless attempts of recovery gone terribly wrong. They had gone through this routine over and over again, each time growing older and more tired of each other, as the insanity of trying to change a single life for the betterment of themselves and others around them took its sickening toll. The meaning of time between the coward and the demon had become irrelevant. Of all the times where a compromise or a decision must be made, the coward decided to listen to the demon in hopes of reasoning with it


[Bridge]
Was this all that you thought it could be?
Years of MEND ING, but NOT MUCH TO SEE
Aren't you SCARED that you DON'T feel a thing?
God, your EMPTY GAZE is sickening...

[Verse 2]
YOU CAN TRY TO RE JECT IT
BUT IT BUILDS UP
AND EATS YOU IN SIDE
YOU SHOULD LEARN
TO RE SPECT IT-
THIS HOSTILITY IS
UN JUST I FIED

SO JUST TRY AND COR RECT IT,:
BUT MY CONTEMPT FOR YOU
WILL NOT BE DE NIED

[False Bridge]
JUST THINK FOR ONCE-
WHY ELSE WOULD YOU BE
ACT ING THIS WAY?
WE ARE THE MAN Y FA CES
Y O U
HAVE BE TRAYED!
[Verse 3]
YOU'LL NEV ER KEEP US
OUT FOR LONG...
IF IN NER PEACE IS
WHAT YOU FIND
GIVE US YOUR SPIR IT;
WE'LL TEAR IT OUT OF YOU
AND   M A K E   T H E   G U I L T
U  N  W  I  N  D

YOU'LL NEV ER MAKE
THE SHOUT ING STOP
OR NUMB THE STIG MA
FROM YOUR MIND
PRE PARE YOUR SELF FOR
WHAT'S TO COME...

[Bridge]
SEE ALL THE
D A M A G E
YOU'VE LEFT B E  H I N D


EMBRACE your damned incompetence OR DIE

[Reprise]
-Have you noticed that I've tried
Coping with the sins that hide?!
Have you forgotten that I've done this all before?!
Let your problems OUT, or you'll never ENDURE!
Every time you come and go
I get weaker as you grow!
See the CHILDISH TEARS that you show?!
Even if I'm safe for now
You'll stoke the fear-
You just want someone to BLAME for what you FEAR!!
You'll push my lunacy to something more severe!
Soon, you will EMBRACE the TRUTH that brought you here;

[Outro]
The shattered mind
You're the WASTE of a LIFE worth liv ing
Scattered and swirled...
Noth ing more than a FAD ED SCREAM
Says "I am fine!"
This CONCLUSIONN you make is UN FOR GIV INGG
But, to the world...
Hide in the LOSS of your self-es teem
And BURN

I'm dead in si i  i   i de
And ter rif i ed...
... t h a t   i ' m   s t i l l   h e r e