Lives Inside

**[Intro]** *(Spoken over a lone guitar riff)* I know you... You've been waiting. Every time I close my eyes... You're still there. --- **Verse 1** Every mirror tells me something different Every face still carries my name One wears pride, one hides regret One still burns in yesterday's flame I touch the glass... it doesn't break I break a little more instead No matter how far I leave this place I always wind up here again --- **Pre-Chorus** I can change these walls around me I can leave this town behind But there's one road that keeps on turning... Back into my mind --- **Chorus** It lives inside Behind these eyes Every shattered piece is still alive I can run all night I can curse the sky But every road leads back inside --- **Verse 2** There's one reflection I avoid 'Cause he don't blink when I stare back He knows every lie I've ever told Every crack I tried to patch He never raises up his voice He never tells me I was wrong He just waits until the room gets quiet... And lets the silence do it all --- **Bridge** *(Music drops—almost whispered)* Maybe I was never chasing shadows... Maybe... I was just running from the only man... Who never left. *(Band explodes back in.)* --- **Final Chorus** It lives inside Behind these eyes Every shattered piece is still alive I can run all night I can curse the sky But every road leads back inside --- **Outro** The glass remembers. Even when I don't. (Fading vocal) It lives inside... It lives inside...