Back in the day, I slept with the sunlight shining through the shades in my room Hitting the carpet with dots that weren't dark while the ghosts tried to hum a new tune It was an old man, old men, old women, children Anything my mind could give shape Exhaustion taking its toll, I decided I would roll So I covered my jacket with reflector tape It made me feel safe when it came to twilight The cars could see the glow on my back, but then I started to think, I'm an easy target For anyone who wanted to attack The perfect crime, k** the misunderstood, and people will say it had to be They might cry at the grave and I might have been saved if anyone really knew me So now I'm foiled, coiled like a spring waiting on a vulture's wing Seeing what tomorrow may bring And maybe if you'll be there to see it They call it sh**, and I'm full of it They call it certainty They call it fear, and I'm stuck in here It's not where I'm supposed to be They call it once, they call it twice They call it every night And sometimes it feels like I'm living on an angel's wing I was a kid, I was the reason for breathing, I was the little sh** who hit and broke up the teacher's meeting I was life, and I was pissed, I was the pen knife that slashed your name off the list I was d**, and I was loving it I was above in it, was struggling before you started shoving it I was hate, and I was anger, I was the guy who wandered aimlessly and called himself a stranger I was darkness, I was d**h, I was the first and the last breath But what's left in this empty life but light So now I'm foiled, coiled like a spring waiting on a vulture's wing Seeing what tomorrow may bring And maybe if you'll be there to see It They call it light, I call it loneliness They call it life, I call it loneliness