[VERSE ONE]

The sun beats down on my bedroom window
Trapped inside this cage of myself, so hot don't I know
Everyday's the same, ego goes insane
Knowing that I'm wasting my time, my frugal reign
Playing out of bars like I'm playing at arenas
Driving a cheap car like a brand new beamer
Eyes to the future, that's all I ever did
Trying to get better, just trying to get a gig
Learning from the sound that I throw on to get a way
Thinking I'm a star ever since everyday
I question the length that I can go without a paycheck
Certainly better than I can get with a replacement
I don't know how I did it but I dug myself deep
If it's a game then I can play it, hard as this concrete
I said I'd be torn but yet it's only talk
Killing myself with words but yet it's all I got

[Chorus]
Everybody's gotta fight
Everybody's got a chance right?
So why do we feel so low
Even when we hold our heads high

[VERSE TWO]
The paint on my canvas is stripped away to white
Paint it all red make me feel all right
They say go to college, get an education
Get a real job, get a damn steady paycheck
Pills of the small life, too big to swallow
Sink to my stomach, my eyes so hollow
I'm drowning in myself, a severe storm warning
To flood the lake, intense the wake, and don't wake up til morning
I've been screaming at the man in the mirror until he screams back
My fist beats down like a drum and now this glass is cracked
The fame that I scream about behind the track
Ain't enough to show the passion of these words - fact
Cause all of these syllables are keeping my mouth full
And I can still claim, claim an individual
But I'm just another kid with a six string at a soul
Hoping that I fly before The Abyss swallows me whole

[Chorus]