Dreams, like coins down a well Till I realized I was dumb for believin' To the bird with no flight The skies don't ever offer respite So I wandered off And went to fill the halls of my shadow But everything costs Proof was etched into the backs of my hands I heard you say that you'd lost, you'd lost, you'd lost your way But I don't think you had much to lose, that house was never built for you And I ain't gonna hang my head for them, for them And I ain't gonna let them paint the truth with sin And I ain't gonna tell you it's okay but at the end of the day You were just something they'd blame Face, pressed into your hands Couldn't tell if you were crying or laughing They both sound the same when you ain't got no skin in the game So I took up the fight And the roaring in my head was like the thunder Until I uncurled my fists And allowed myself to not give a damn I heard you say that we'd lost, we'd lost, we'd lost, we'd lost our way But I don't think we had much to lose that path was never built for us And I ain't gonna hang my head for them, for them And I ain't gonna let them paint the truth with sin And I ain't gonna tell you it's okay but at the end of the day You were just something they'd blame