Somebody give me sign
That everything's going as planned
And then everything falls away
Into the darkness of this shallow place
The detail is striking
The room's cold and frightening
You'll kick and you'll scream
You'll try everything to survive
But you should know your fate by now (know your fate by now)

They told me (they told me)
How I should be
But I broke the mold somehow!

It's too late, too late
You keep trying to resolve the past right now
But I swear I'll be the one
To let the world know what you've done
To me

You, you know gotta assert yourself
Leave what you need for now
It's not the time or place your searching for
All I can give them is my worst of intentions
You're nothing to me and everyone can see that
Your life's a lie
There's nowhere left to hide

They told me (they told me!)
How I should be
But I broke the mold somehow

It's too late, too late
You keep trying to resolve the past right now
But I swear I'll be the one
To let the world know what you've done
To me

It's too late, too late
You keep trying to resolve the past right now
But I swear I'll be the one
To let the world know what you've done
To me

Watch your back
You'll lose yourself
This is a battleground!
When will they know
Your life's a lie

It's too late, too late
You keep trying to resolve the past right now
But I swear I'll be the one
To let the world know what you've done

It's too late, too late
You keep trying to resolve the past right now
But I swear I'll be the one
To let the world know what you've done

They told me (they told me)
How I should be
But I broke the mold somehow!


Lyrics submitted by Last Eclipse, edited by Mellow_Harsher, SirDalvion, AdamArtz

My Life For Hire Lyrics as written by Jeremy Wade Mckinnon Thomas H Jr Denney

Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

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    Here's my translation , hope you like...

    Somebody give me a sign, That everything's going as planned, And then everything falls away, Into the darkness of this shallow place. The detail is striking, The room's cold and frightening, You'll kick and you'll scream, You'll try everything to survive, But you should know your fate by now.

    They told me, how I should be, BUT I BROKE THE MOLD SOMEHOW! Too vague, too vague, you can try to ressolve the past right now, But I swear I'll be the one to let the world go watch you die. Today!

    You, you know you gotta search yourself, Leave what you need for now, It's not the time or place you're searching for. All I can give is my worst of intentions. You're nothing to me, you don't like what you see, Your life's a lie, there's no where left to hide.

    They told me, how I should be, BUT I BROKE THE MOLD SOMEHOW! Too vague, too vague, you can try to ressolve the past right now, But I swear I'll be the one to let the world go watch you die. Too vague, too vague, you can try to ressolve the past right now, But I swear I'll be the one to let the world go watch you die.

    Watch your back, you'll lose yourself! This is a battleground! When will they know, Your life's a lie.

    Too vague, too vague, you can try to ressolve the past right now, But I swear I'll be the one to let the world go watch you die.

    Too vague, too vague, you can try to ressolve the past right now, But I swear I'll be the one to let the world go watch you die.

    They told me, how I should be, BUT I BROKE THE MOLD SOMEHOW!

    cyrix713on January 26, 2009   Link

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