The worst is over
The world is moving on

Every time I try
She leaves me in the dust
Why do I suffer?
Every time I try
Every time I try

This is where you left me
This is where I’ll stay
This is what you wanted
This is what I became
The freak that you wanted
Is down on his knees
This time I feel that I’ve
Become the enemy

The game is over
And what's done is done
Rather leave this web of lies
And every time
If I was sober maybe I could cry
But every time I fail
Is every time I try

This is where you left me
This is where I’ll stay
This is what you wanted
So this is what I became
The freak that you wanted
Is down on his knees
This time I feel that I’ve
Become the enemy

Alone in my car
One hand down my pants
And now I close my eyes
To feel you again
For this moment in time
You’re back in my life
My enemy

This is where you left me
This is where I’ll stay
This is what you wanted
So this is what I became
The freak that you wanted
Is down on his knees
This time I feel that I’ve
Become the enemy

Every time I try
(Every time I try)

My enemy

(Is this all)
Every time I try
(Is this all)
Every time I try

Is this all
That you left for me to live on?
So all I leave you is this song


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