The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Tangled here again
Drawing circles in the sand
Facing still a final solution
All the time I spent in vain
Focusing the right shape
Scattered lost fancying the abyss
Just another confirmation
Of mess within your brain
I'm the man inside the mirror
Feed my anger and be free
Separate the scars
Analyze the static parts
Of my constant fall from reality
I am trapped inside a cage
With bars of anger
And lock of rage
And I still can't find a way out
It seems you're getting closer
To the point of no return
Don't you long to drown your tears in me
And resurrect within my blood
And as time slips through my hands
I can't withstand
The tears you shed and all the pain you still hide inside
Forever craving for the past
With blood-red hatred in my brain
Wasted and torn
Grant me a way out
How many times you crossed that line
Don't come any closer
How many times you lost your mind
Facing your failure
Give me a chance to show you
All the things you hide inside
Accept your nature and be free
You're such a waste of time
I need time to understand
But it rushes through my brain
Forcing me between the edges
I can't let it gain control
But it's hard to shape your soul
When you're constantly grieving
How many times you crossed that line
Don't come any closer
How many times you lost your mind
Facing your failure
Drawing circles in the sand
Facing still a final solution
All the time I spent in vain
Focusing the right shape
Scattered lost fancying the abyss
Just another confirmation
Of mess within your brain
I'm the man inside the mirror
Feed my anger and be free
Separate the scars
Analyze the static parts
Of my constant fall from reality
I am trapped inside a cage
With bars of anger
And lock of rage
And I still can't find a way out
It seems you're getting closer
To the point of no return
Don't you long to drown your tears in me
And resurrect within my blood
And as time slips through my hands
I can't withstand
The tears you shed and all the pain you still hide inside
Forever craving for the past
With blood-red hatred in my brain
Wasted and torn
Grant me a way out
How many times you crossed that line
Don't come any closer
How many times you lost your mind
Facing your failure
Give me a chance to show you
All the things you hide inside
Accept your nature and be free
You're such a waste of time
I need time to understand
But it rushes through my brain
Forcing me between the edges
I can't let it gain control
But it's hard to shape your soul
When you're constantly grieving
How many times you crossed that line
Don't come any closer
How many times you lost your mind
Facing your failure
Lyrics submitted by Pendulum
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Missing a verse between "facing your failure" and "Give me a chance to show you." Here's what I got:
In silence,closing my eyes for a break I wake, facing an endless game Disorder in me
That last line might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the rest is right.
I think you pretty much got it right except for I think what you heard as "I wake" is "Lie awake" :>