Iron Sharpens Iron

[Verse] Through the eye of the needle, black gold, the fine diesel Ice on the polar cap is melting, could be my people Or maybe it's the sun, we the daughters and sons Even God don't see it equal Give me my space like NASA Or maybe I could act up, be a bastard, put 'em in a casket Fast life like a drag strip, the race matters They sell the stories to the masses They sell you out before you know it Somebody else write your will and they close it Can't let them put me in a box or dispose of Somebody that I was just close with Feel like a pharaoh, so golden Head like a hot-air balloon that's just floatin' Look at my teeth, they're corroded Screamin' at the top of my lungs, can't control it They call me a stoic, they say I'm heroic Like how they don't know it? I feel like I'm dyin', nobody notices Inside I'm fryin', outside I'm frozen And so many tears, but they can't overflow Gave all I could, man, my pockets got holes in it They don't understand, they don't know what devotion is Swallowed my pride, had to hide, had to cope with it Got into the car, and I drove Woke up at a four-way road Drove up to the end of the globe Iron sharpens iron, I was told [Chorus] Iron sharpens iron, I was told I do what I must 'til it's over I don't know how to feel, just go numb Try to do it for the culture Woke up at a four-way road Drove up to the end of the globe Iron sharpens iron, I was told Iron sharpens iron, I was told [Verse 2] Still carry every weight like it's welded to my shoulders Built another bridge, they crossed it, never turned it over Every scar's another map, every line a little colder Learned the hard way every heart'll leave you when it's over Got a fist full of silence, lungs full of smoke now Smile for the picture while the walls all broke down Everybody loves the fire, nobody holds ground 'Til you're the one still standing when the lights all go out Can't outrun the miles that I buried in the pavement Can't buy back the time that I traded just to make it Truth cuts deeper than a knife when you face it Some days I don't recognize the man in the reflection They call it determination, I call it survival Built my own prison out of everything that's vital Still chasing something I can't name through the spiral If iron sharpens iron, why's the edge feel so final? [Outro] And the roads diverged I don't know what I've done And I'm at the crossroads Don't know which way to go One of them is heaven And one of them is home Iron sharpens iron, I was told Iron sharpens iron, I was told I do what I must 'til it's over I don't know how to feel, just go numb Try to do it for the culture Woke up at a four-way road Drove up to the end of the globe Iron sharpens iron, I was told Iron sharpens iron, I was told