Six long hours in my head
I watched people in cars.
It made me feel like I'm living
I guess it's never that hard
Let's live outside of the city
And blame the ones that I loved
For all the shit that I carried
When I was never enough.

I found a cut somewhere where we could all lay
The world was waking up

And I'm learning now
That my heart isn't breaking down
It's my world
So just pray with me, pray with me, pray with me
Cause I'm spent.

Yeah, I spent them all
Those long confusing hours with my mind turned on
The world was getting louder
I found myself on edge
My feet were over water
Just a song in my head
That reminded me I'll never be alone

I found a cut somewhere where we could all lay
It's frank, and it's fucked but

I'm learning now
That my heart isn't breaking down
It's my world
So I'll take another look at my life
And give everything I own to all the people in my heart
I am free, I am freezing

I am wrong
I am so obscure it's terrible
And I'm loved
But in between the cars they bother me.

I helped make the art that hangs on your walls
And plays in your heart
It stays in your arms
You're not a machine
I'm sure of that
You're every bit like me
You gave up on your dreams
And now you're stuck with that
You settled for the pencil days

I'm a paint brush in a way
I'm simple, yeah, I'm plain
I'm colored all the same
I have meaning if you find it in yourself
I'll sell myself for not
Like I really give a fuck
I'm just an artist on a shelf.

And I'm learning now
That my heart isn't breaking down
It's my world so I'll
Take another look at my life
And give everything I own to all the people in my heart
I am free
I am free


Lyrics submitted by TSostarich, edited by Skoobasteve24

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    This is kind of a different look at this song then other posts. I'm pretty sure this song is about the artist contemplating suicide. The start of the song is him contemplation suicide, watching everyday people. Maybe something here changes his mind making him feel like life isn't as hard as he's making it out to be. "blame the ones that I loved for all the shit that I carried when I was never enough" I believe is a hint to why he feels like this. His parents and possibly a girl never being satisfied. "A cut where we can all lay" I think is actually a physical cut done by the artist did to him self. He says he can lay there because it relieves the emotional pain he feels by being seen as never being enough. "The world was waking up" is his loved ones taking notices. "My heart isn't breaking down" is after his loved notices and want to help. He prays, because emotionally he feels done. "The is world getting louder" is possibly pushing psychiatric help. Which again, he sees his heart isn't breaking down. Life is worth it. He looks back and depression relapses. Giving away things to loved ones is a hint of suicide, and I believe that's the biggest hint in the song. "I am so obscure it's terrible, and I'm loved, but in between the cars they bother me." He is different so he hates himself, but he's loved, people notice his cry for help in the cuts and other hints, but the people living life the way he wants to makes him think things can get better, which refers to him watching cars alone at the beginning of the song. " I helped make the art that hangs on your walls and plays in your heart; it stays in your arms. You're not a machine, I'm sure of that. You're every bit like me. You gave up on your dreams and now you're stuck with that." I think this refers to a girl, and maybe shit didn't work out, but she to gave up on her dreams... but she isn't an emotion wreck like the artist. She "settled for the pencil days", just taking life as it comes. "I'm a paint brush in a way. I'm simple, yeah, I'm plain. I'm colored all the same. I have meaning if you find it in yourself. I'll sell myself or not, like I really give a fuck I'm just an artist on a shelf" This is the artist realizing he's not different then this girl, and he has meaning, a purpose, and he wont sell out to this bitch to prove it to the world. She has to realize it herself. Until then, he's an artist on a shelf. An outside eye looking in. Waiting to break out and make it big. Something along those lines is what I feel this songs about.

    mikeisanameon October 27, 2010   Link

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