Honey, you don't have to drink so much just to keep your feelings at bay.
Throw down the bottle and approach yourself
finding that you're flinching without fear.
You've choked back every tear.
Tonight I'll stand alone in disbelief; in faulty tones.
It's nothing personal.
You're striving for what I've outgrown.
And I won't kick, I won't cry,
Don't surrender to me, don't comply,
Don't do what I say, and I won't scream.
I won't break down like everybody else in town, I won't scream.
Don't make a sound; we cannot give into this fashion now.
And I won't stall you for a second,
No matter how many traps I lay when I say:
I won't sacrifice integrity for a dollar sign conclusion;
A suit and tie illusion.
Sweat-drenched captives passing open doors in the lights,
To you prophetic, to me pathetic.
Tonight I'll die alone;
Beliefs engraved on my headstone.
It's nothing personal,
It's just you've found what we don't want known.
And you won't kick, you won't cry
Don't you know it's better in this lie?
Just do what we say until you scream.
But I won't break down like everybody else in town, I won't scream.
Don't make a sound; we cannot give into this fashion now.
What was I supposed to do?
Imagine if it followed through again.
And I won't scream.
I won't break down like everybody else in town, I won't scream.
Don't make a sound,
We cannot give into this fashion.
Don't mistake this pain for passion.
We cannot give into this fashion now.
Lifetime
