I spend my time
Letting these hopeless thoughts run my life
Force me to hide
Just create a truth to all these lies

I will never be the same
So just leave me down while I'm separating
I could never give anymore
All these lies have left me torn

It's only this way falling on my own
I made this mess now its over
It was nobody's fault, it was all my own
Everything's wasted forever

The only hand
That I know how to hold belongs to me
How it began
What I though was right became my insecurity

I will never be the same
So just leave me down while I'm separating
I could never give anymore
All these lies have left me torn

It's only this way falling on my own
I made this mess now its over
It was nobody's fault, it was all my own
Everything's wasted forever

It's on my own
It's on my own

Weakness becomes me
My faults relieve me
My fear excludes me
Turns it against me
My fault
My fear
Turned it against me

It's only this way falling on my own
I made this mess now its over
It was nobody's fault, it was all my own
Everything's wasted forever

It's only this way falling on my own
It's only this way falling on my own
It's only this way falling on my own
It's only this way, it's only this way

It's on my own
It's on my own


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    "I will never be the same, So just leave me down while I'm seperating. I could never give anymore; All these lies have left me torn."

    this song is about someone who tried so hard to make things work, and gave every part of himself possible, only to be answered with lies, and left all alone. when something like this happens to a person they often place the blame on themselves and begin to question their self-worth:

    "It's only this way falling on my own I made this mess now it's over It was nobody's fault, it was all my own Eveything's wasted forever."

    behon January 15, 2002   Link

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