Staind

Epiphany, Outside, It's Been Awhile, Mudshovel, Fade, Open Your Eyes

Your words to me just a whisper
Your face is so unclear
I try to pay attention
Your words just disappear

'Cause it's always raining in my head
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
And dig myself a little hole
Inside your precious heart

Cause it's always raining in my head
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 isn't feel
 

~Staind

Mudshovel

You take away
I feel the same

You take away
I feel the same
All the promises you made to me you made in vain
I lost myself inside your tainted smile again

Cause you can't feel my ANGER
You can't feel my pain
You can't feel my torment
Driving me insane
I can't fight these feelings they will bring you pain
You can't take away
Make me whole again

I feel betrayed
Stuck in your ways
And you rip me apart
With the brutal things you say
I can't deal with shit anymore
I just look away

Cause you can't feel my ANGER
You can't feel my pain
You can't feel my torment
Driving me insane
I can't fight these feelings they bring only pain
You can't take away
Make me whole again

Mudshovel

You take away
I feel the same
All these promises
You promised only pain
If you take away
And leave me with nothing again

'Cause you can't feel my ANGER
You can't feel my pain
You can't feel my torment
Driving me insane
I can't fight these feelings they will bring you pain
You can't take away
Make me whole again

You will feel my anger
You will feel my pain
You will feel my torment
Driving you insane
I can't fight these feelings they will bring you pain
You won't take away
I'll be whole again
 

It's Been Awhile

It's been awhile, since I could
Hold my head high
It's been awhile since I first saw you
It's been a while since I could stand
On my own two feet again
It's been awhile since I could call you

But everything I can't remember
As fucked up as it all may seem
The consequences that I've rendered
I've stretched myself beyond my means

It's been awhile since I could say
That I wasn't addicted
It's been a while since I could say
I love myself as well
It's been awhile since I've gone and fucked things up
Just like I always do
But all that shit seems to disappear
When I'm with you

But everything I can't remember
As fucked up as it all may seem
The consequences that I've rendered
I've gona and fucked things up again.

Why must I feel this way
Just make this go away
Just one more peaceful day

It's been awhile since I could
Look at myself straight
It's been awhile since I said I'm sorry
It's been awhile since I've seen the way
the candles light your face
But I can still remember
Just the way you taste

But 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

It's been awhile since I could
Hold my head up high
And It's been awhile since I said I'm sorry...

~Staind

Fade

I try to breathe
Memories overtaking me
I try to face them but
the thought is too
Much to conceive


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
 

Outside

And you, bring me to my knee, again.
And all the times, that i had to beg you please, in vain.
And all the times, that I've 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.
Your ugly like me.
I can see through you
see to the real you.

And all this time
that i felt like this won't end,
was for you.
And I taste
but i could never have,
its from you.
And all this time that i tried,
my intention, Full of pride
And i waste more time than anyone.

I'm on the outside,
I'm lookin' in,
I can see through you,
see your true colors,
'Cause inside your ugly,
your 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
Stuffed it down it's back again
and i lie here in bed
all alone i can't mend
and i feel tomorrow will be okay

I'm on the Outside
I'm lookin' in,
I can see through you
see your true colors
'Cause inside your ugly
your ugly like me
I can see through you
see to the real you
 

~Staind

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


What would you do, 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
But most of you don't give a shit
That your daughters are porno stars
And your sons sell death to kids
You're so lost in your little worlds
Your little worlds you'll never fix


You turn away
As I walk along the streets
Soaking up the acid rain
Underneath the taxi cabs
I hear the streets cry out in vain