STILL HERE

[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?
Or do I keep it to myself and disappear?

My sorrow shows
And now it knows
That I'm still here!

[Bridge]
Shut up!

[Conversal 1]
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 darе say any more!
Just look at you

The harsh advice of thosе who love 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 decays
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

[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 can'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 you 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 spirit
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
See all the damage you've left be hind

[Reprise]
Embrace your damned in competence
(or die) -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 a waste of a life worth liv ing)
Scattered and swirled
(Noth ing more than a fad ed scream)
Says "I am fine..."
(This conclusion you make is un for giv ing)
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