What do I do to ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Do I hide my pride from these bad dreams
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
Do I sit here and try to stand it?
Or do I try to catch them red-handed?
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?
Because I can´t hold on when I´m stretched so thin
I make the right moves but I´m lost within
I put on my daily façade but then
I just end up getting hurt again

Chorus:
By myself [myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can´t rely on myself
I can´t hold on
To what I want when I´m stretched so thin
It´s all too much to take in
I can´t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in
If I turn my back I´m defenseless
And to go blindly seems senseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on
Then they´ll take from me ´til everything is gone
If I let them go I´ll be outdone
But if I try to catch them I´ll be outrun
If I´m killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I´ll be buried in the silence of the answer
[by myself]
How do you think I´ve lost so much
I´m so afraid I´m out of touch
How do you expect I will know what to do
When all I know is what you tell me to
Don´t you know
I can´t tell you how to make it go
No matter what I do, how hard I try
I can´t seem to convince myself why
I´m stuck on the outside