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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    This song reminds me of my son who is struggling with meth addiction. If he had any possessions left I could send him the song to listen to. But he has lost everything and moves from friend to friends house with nothing but the clothes on his back. His dad lost everything trying to help him, all his things disappeared too. I live in a different city, so he will never have enough money to show up on my doorstep. How hard is that to know that I am glad for the distance. I cant pull him up out of the gutter, only he can decide. If I reach out then I go down too. I have tried setting him up with jobs, a phone, clothes, food, everything gets sold for money for drugs. Excuses fall from his lips continously. I have to remove tags from clothing, he will wear rags and take the bags of new underwear and socks back for the money. I must not let his addiction suck me down too. This song really spells it out.

    MomZillaon February 20, 2012   Link

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