Cracking under pressure violently
Chaos eats away the best of me
A former shadow of myself

Porcelain doll, just an empty shell
Bug in amber that can't be reached
Choking on fear that stings like bleach


Gimme the real thing
Gimme the life

Give me something deep
Something straight
Like a sharpened knife

Gimme the real thing
Give me the life
Gimme a fresh start,

Like a new born child
Gimme the real thing


I have no friends
I'm always by myself
I cannot pacify my shame and doubt

Drained them dry
And damned them all to hell
I've no control or any will to stop


Everything perfect just melts away
I've got the touch like evil prey

Talking pictures in black and white
Spitting their venom back at mine


Everything old is new again
My only crime buried under cold skin
In the quiet of my tiger's eye

Cross my heart and hope to die