Staind - Break The Cycle lyrics
- Open Your Eyes
- Pressure
- Fade
- It's Been Awhile
- Change
- Can't Believe
- Epiphany
- Suffer
- Safe Place
- For You
- Outside (Studio Version)
- Waste
- Take It
Open Your Eyes
As I walk along these streets
I see a man that walks alone
Distant echo of people's feet
He has no place to call his own
A shot rings out from a roof overhead
A crackhead asks for change nearby
An old man lies in an alleyway dead
A little girl lost just stands there and cries
Chorus:
What would you do (What would you do)
if it was you (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
And most of you don't give a shit
That your daughters are porno stars
And your sons sell death to kids
So lost in your little worlds
Your little worlds you'll never fix
Chorus:
What would you do (What would you do)
if it was you (if it was you)
Would you take everything
For granted like you do
You turn away (x4)
As I walk along the streets
Soaking up the acid rain
Underneath the taxicabs
I hear the streets cry out in vain
Chorus:
What would you do (What would you do)
if it was you (if it was you)
Would you take everything
For granted like you do (x2)
Pressure
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
Chorus:
Can't see through this
Too much pressure
Drowning in this
Too much pressure
If you need me I'll be here
Half unconscious, 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
Chorus:
Can't see through this
Too much pressure
Drowning in this
Too much pressure
My head hurts this shit 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
Chorus:
Can't see through this
Too much pressure
Drowning in this
Too much pressure (2x)
Fade
I try to breathe
Memories overtaking me
I try to face them but
The thought is too
Much to concieve
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 too
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 too
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
But I never meant to fade..away
I never meant to fade..away
I just needed
Someone to talk to
You were just too
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
It's been a while
Since I could hold my head up high
And It's been a while since I first saw you
And It's been a while since I could stand on my own two feet again
And it's been a while since I could call you
And everything I can't remember
As fucked up as it all may seem
The consequences that I've rendered
I stretched myself beyond my means
And It's been a while since I can say that I wasn't addicted and
It's been a while since I can say I love myself as well and
It's been a while ince I've gone and fucked things up
Just like I always doand it's been a while
But all that shit seems to disappear when I'm with you
And everything I can't remember
As fucked up as it all may seem
The consequences that I've rendered
I'm gone and fucked 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 a while since I said I'm sorry
And it's been a while since I've seen the way the candles light your face
And it's been a while, but I can still remember just the way you taste
And everything
I can't remember
as fucked 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 a while
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 lead this life
That I am living now I guess it's all so strange
To feel the way I do inside and
Have so much that I could feel some
Pride for in my life so why is it that
I feel like this
Chorus:
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
I try and try to break away from all the hate
I'm feeling
for everyone 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
Chorus:
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
(screams)
So now the waves they have subsided
And my soul is bleeding
I can't take away all the shame I feel
Forgive me
Chorus:
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 what is found
Respect should abound
Respect everything that you leave
I can't believe
Can't believe (x2)
And I, I can't believe
I can't believe all the travesty
Surrounding me
I want to flee
Well, I want to flee from everything
In front of me
I can't believe
Can't believe (x2)
Never again, trusted in you
Fuck everything that you think I should be
I stand.
Never again, never again
I can't believe
Can't believe (x4)
Epiphany
Your words to me just a whisper
Your face is so unclear
I try to pay attention
Your words just disappear
Oh
'Cause it's always raining in my head
Oh
Forget all the things I should have said
So I speak to you in riddles
'Cause my words get in my way
I smoke the whole thing to my head
And feel it wash away
'Cause I can't take anymore of this
I wanna come apart
Or dig myself a little hole
Inside your precious heart
Oh
'Cause it's always raining in my head
Oh
Forget all the things I should have said
I am nothing more than
A little boy inside
That cries out for attention
Yet 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
Suffer x3
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 are programmed to feel this way
To live another day
Within a world that longs to suffer
(Suffer)
And then i come to find
And everything's ok
Seen this all before
But that was yesterday
Try to walk right through
The messes that i have made
Just let me enjoy
The life here that i live
I try to give this all to you
Can't take anymore to deal with this
It hurts inside
I know why i hide
Cause i suffer
(Suffer)
I tried to keep it all inside
It didn't leave me too much pride
I forced it all down inside
Forced myself to make me suffer
(Suffer)
And then i come to find
And everything's ok
Seen this all before
But that was yesterday
Try to make it through
The messes that i have made
So i can enjoy
The life here that i made
And then i come to find..
And then i come to find
And eveything's ok
Seen this all before
But that was yesterday
Try to walk right through
These messes that i have made
Just try to enjoy
This life here that i have
Safe Place
Another day inside my world
Im married to you and this road
A road that never lets me sleep
Theres no way to escape these demons i am forced to keep
But then i find ...you here
Through your eyes everythings clear
And im home inside your arms
But im alone for now
I mean the best with what i say
It doesnt always sound that way
I never learned to work things out
Cause in my family all we ever seem to do to is shout
But then i find ...you here
Through your eyes everythings clear
And im home inside your arms
But im alone for now ...alone for now
When i try to sleep
The drugs i take
Are killing me
I think of you to ease my pain
But your so far
Now its time to say goodbye
I love u baby please dont cry
And then i find ...you here
Ahrough your eyes everythings clear
And im home inside your arms
But im alone for now ...alone for now
For You
To my mother, to my father
It's your son or its your daughter
Are my screams loud enough
For you to hear me?
Should I turn this up for you?
Chorus:
I sit here locked inside my head
Remembering everything you said
The 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
Chorus:
I sit here locked inside my head
Remembering everything you said
The silence gets us nowhere
Gets us nowhere way too 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 fucked up, because you are,
Need attention,
Attention you couldn't give
Chorus:
Cause I sit here locked inside my head
Remembering everything you said
The silence gets us nowhere
Gets us nowhere way too fast
I sit here locked inside my head
Remembering everything you said
The silence gets us nowhere
Gets us nowhere way too fast
Outside (Studio Version)
And you
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
And I leave my burdens
At the door
But I'm on the outside
I'm looking in
I can see through you
See your true colors
'Cause inside you're ugly
You're ugly like me
I can see through you
See to the real you
All the times that
I felt like this won't end
Its for you
And I taste what
I could never have
It was from you
All the times that I've cried
My intentions, full of pride
And I waste more time than anyone
But I'm on the outside
I'm looking in
I can see through you
See your true colors
'Cause inside you're ugly
You're 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
I 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 okay
But I'm on the outside
And I'm looking in
I can see through you
See your true colors
'Cause inside you're ugly
You're ugly like me
I can see through you
See to the real you
Waste
Your 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?
Was 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 fuck that
And fuck her
And fuck him
And fuck you
For not having the strength in your heart
To pull through
I've had doubts
I had failed
I'd fucked 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, they 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
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'm really not here
To represent what I'm not clear
About in my head
Sometimes I feel fucked 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
I 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
Just make it go away
Just make it go away
She'll make it go away
She'll make it go away