I am done pretending
You have failed to find what's left
I will suck you dry again
Some are not worth saving
You are such a pretty mess
I will choke the life within

Now you want to take me down
As if I even care
I am the monster in your head
And I thought you'd learn by now
It seems you haven't yet
I am the venom in your skin
And now your life is broken

After the lights go out on you
After your worthless life is through
I will remember how you scream
I can't afford to care
I can't afford to care

I am suffocating
You have failed to pull me in
I will drag you down again
Life is unrelenting
Feeding lies into my head
I will feed the lies you live

Now you want to take me down
As if I even care
I am the monster in your head
And I thought you'd learn by now
It seems you haven't yet
I am the venom in your skin
And now your life is broken

After the lights go out on you
After your worthless life is through
I will remember how you scream
I can't afford to care
I can't afford to care

After the lights go out on you
After your worthless life is through
I will remember how you scream
I can't afford to care
I can't afford to care
I can't afford to care
I can't afford to care


Lyrics submitted by TylerAHM

Lights Out Lyrics as written by Benjamin Burnley Jasen Rauch

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Walt Disney Music Company

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    wow, i can't believe nobody has commented yet, well this is one of my favorite songs because i have tried to do this, this song is about two people, him and another person, whether that person is a man or woman i don't know but i do know that at the beginning he was trying to help this person, help fix him/her, but he is done pretending that there is something left to save, lyrical correction

    I am done pretending You have failed to find what's left I will suck you dry again Some are not worth saving You are such a pretty mess I will choke the life within

    this is he is done with him/her and is going to just not care because he/she has done something to piss him off so he wants revenge, he is the monster in his/her head and the venom in their skin, when he is done and leaving this person he will remember how they "screamed" which is how they feel after he got revenge

    I am suffocating You have failed to pull me in I will drag you down again Life is unrelenting Feeding lies into my head i will feed the lies you live

    he can't afford to care because all they did was bring drama into his life and lie to him and feed him lies and they are miserable so instead of taking his help seriously they try to pull him down again, this verse pretty much explains why he wants revenge, i have felt this time and time again, but i learned that some people are not worth saving.

    TheOriginalChubbzon September 29, 2009   Link

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