Opiate for the Masses - Taking the Beating lyrics

{Verse 1} Every time you're choppin' off your limbs, {?} me It's a present waste of time and extra energy Every time you try to tell me one and one is three Makes me wanna laugh out loud and hang you from a tree {Pre-Chorus 1} You scream for frivolous reasons, as far as I can see It's the only time you wanna talk to me {Chorus 1} Taking the beating, my face is receding I want to run, but I'm not supposed to Never can savor the fruits of my labor I kill someone, but I'm not supposed to feel {Verse 2} Every time you fall back to me, you smell of cheap cologne Makеs me want to ask what you did away from home And evеry time I do, you only beat me with a stone It su*ked you'd do these things although you're scared to be alone {Pre-Chorus 2} You scream for frivolous reasons, as far as I can see It's the only time you wanna talk to me You're back for frivolous reasons, as far as you have shown There's a certain time you want me as your own {Chorus 1} Taking the beating, my face is receding I want to run, but I'm not supposed to Never can savor the fruits of my labor I kill someone, but I'm not supposed to feel {Bridge} Why do I take the beating? Why do I take the beating? Why do I take the beating? {Chorus 2} Taking the beating, my face is receding I want to run, but I'm not supposed to Never can savor the fruits of my labor I kill someone, but I'm not supposed to {Refrain} You scream for frivolous reasons, as far as I can see It's the only time that you wanna talk to me You're back for frivolous reasons, as far as you have shown There's a certain time you want me as your own {Chorus 3} Taking the beating, my face is receding (You're back for frivolous reasons) I want to run, but I'm not supposed to (As far as you have shown) Never can savor the fruits of my labor (There's a certain time you want me as your own) I kill someone, but I'm not supposed to feel