Papercut

Why does it feel like night today?
Something in here's not right todaywhy am I so uptight today?
Paranoia's all I got left
I don't know what stressed me first
Or how the pressure was fed / but
I know just what it feels like
To have a voice in the back of my head
It's like a face that I hold inside
A face that awakes when I close my eyes
A face watches every time I lie
A face that laughs every time I fall
[it watches everything]
So I know that when it's time to sink or swim
That the face inside is hearing me right underneath my skin
It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back
It's like a whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
I know I've got a face in me
Points out all my mistakes to me
You've got a face on the inside too and
Your paranoia's probably worse
I don't know what set me off first but I know what I can't stand
Everybody acts like the fact of the matter is
I can't add up to what you can but
Everybody has a face that they hold inside
A face that awakes when they close their eyes
A face watches every time they lie
A face that laughs every time they fall
[and watches everything]
So you know that when it's time to sink or swim
That the face inside is watching you too
Right inside your skin
The sun goes down
I feel the light betray me

• A Place for My Head
• By Myself
• Crawling
• Cure for The Itch
• Forgotten
• In The End
• One Step Closer
• Papercut
• Points of Authority
• Pushing Me Away
• Runaway