Compromise

Build myself up to tear me down Speak low and make no sound Say something referential Sell me off pound for pound Fall out of love and out of line Say "I won't waste my time With little things like empathy And calling someone mine" Spend the night with catastrophe Hold my breath while I try to sleep Why you looking so plain? Pray for some sort of relief But what's it worth if you like to bleed? Forget my name Deep down, I think I love the rush of the guilt Write down about a thousand lies Hate myself for the hundredth time Call it compromise Go take another photograph Something to make 'em laugh Then second guess all of the traits You thought you knew you had Another day on the fence Another bridge I can't mend Stuck with the hell in my head (Just echo what she said) Spend the night with catastrophe Hold my breath while I try to sleep Why you looking so plain? Pray for some sort of relief But what's it worth if you like to bleed? Forget my name Deep down, I think I love the rush of the guilt Write down about a thousand lies Hate myself for the hundredth time Call it compromise Watching me go down Living life in a ghost town Make me speed up and slow down (Find my place in the background) Watch me feign exhaustion Help me cope with caution Pressure makes me nauseous Guess that's why they call this compromise Spend the night with catastrophe Hold my breath while I try to sleep Why you looking so plain? Pray for some sort of relief But what's it worth if you like to bleed? Forget my name Deep down, I think I love the rush of the guilt Write down about a thousand lies Hate myself for the hundredth time Call it compromise