(Verse 1) Try to take a step, try to clear the air, Trying to move ahead and leaving my despair. Open up my mouth to say what's on my mind, Only for the ghosts of yesterday to leave me blind. Bring up something random, drag it from the tomb, Filling up the silence of this heavy-hearted room. Looping round and round in a never-ending ring, Choking on the echoes of a long-dead, useless thing. (Pre-Chorus) (Stop right there!) (Pull me back!) Derailing every engine on a rusty track. (Rewrite history!) (Paint it new!) Making up a fiction just to get away from you! (Hook) Rewriting every word until the story fits the crime, Trapped inside a circle till the end of time. Living in a daydream where the fake reality wins, That's the only place where all your happiness begins. "reality check mate" ~*!⚡%#~ (Verse 2) Trying to negotiate a future that is real, While you're sharpening the knives of how you want to feel. Argue over things that never happened in the light, Twisting up the memories to win another fight. Change the conversation, shift the blame around, Burial of truth underneath the sacred ground. If you build a castle out of lies you proudly said, Then you get to sleep peacefully inside a cozy bed. (Screaming Bridge) (THAT IS NOT THE TRUTH! THAT IS NOT THE WAY!) (WHY DO WE KEEP BLEEDING FOR THE GAMES YOU WANT TO PLAY?!) (YOU CAN BUILD YOUR FANTASY AND WEAR YOUR PAPER CROWN!) (BUT I’M STANDING IN THE REAL WORLD WHILE IT COMES DOWN!) (Pre-Chorus) (Fake reality!) (Happy little lie!) Watching all the honesty and common sense die. (Are you happy now?) (Did you win the prize?) Gazing at the ghost behind your hollow, painted eyes. "reality check mate" [instrumental break] (Hook / Outro) Rewriting every word until the story fits the crime, Trapped inside a circle till the end of time. (I live in my truth!) (I live in what I see!) You can keep your fake world far away from me. (Let it burn!) (Let it fade!) Living in the wreckage of the mess that you made. "reality check mate" "reality check mate" "reality check mate" //^£¥€¢ππ\\**
