Hope

All flashbacks lost in my way

Stuck on the black, smacked down on my face

Yeah, I've been a handicapper by a ball and the chain

Locked down in my cell, four walls can relate, facts

Little kid but a bigger world in a photograph

Out playing but landed myself in Alcatraz

Outcast intact, hooked to a polygraph

Looking to find myself but lost again like a artifact

Over yesterday

Stealing hours away

It's all for nothing

Still, I can relate

I'd love to think that you'll be fine

I'll get it out the way

Take another saint

It's all for nothing

Else will numb the pain

And still, I hope that you'll be fine

I've been trying to reach you

With these words that don't get into your head

(WITH THESE WORDS THAT DON'T GET INTO YOUR HEAD)

All our bridges are burning

And there's nothing we can do but pretend and hope

(AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO BUT HOPE)

Lost cause, can I still find hope?

Find a way to cope but I still need the antidote

Noose tied tight on the rope till I choke

But I won't stop breathing till the top of the slope

Say my prayers and put me down just to rest

All my demons be calling but I feel blessed

The needle calling me, got me feeling stress

Keep on waking up, another crest on the chest

Over yesterday

Stealing hours away

It's all for nothing

Still, I can relate

I'd love to think that you'll be fine

I'll get it out the way

Take another saint

It's all for nothing

Else will numb the pain

And still, I hope that you'll be fine

I've been trying to reach you

With these words that don't get into your head

(WITH THESE WORDS THAT DON'T GET INTO YOUR HEAD)

All our bridges are burning

And there's nothing we can do but pretend and hope

(AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO BUT HOPE)

SO SICK OF THE LIES, THE WHOLE WORLD JUST DIED

JUST LOOK AT MY EYES AND THEN YOU'LL REALIZE

THAT I'M REALLY JUST A HIGH, A O.D. IN DEMISE

AND, BABY, DON'T CRY, JUST PRAY UP AT THE SKY

DON'T JUSTIFY WHEN I'M CRUCIFIED

THEY GLORIFY AND THEN AMPLIFY

And there's nothing we can do but pretend and hope

(AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO BUT HOPE)

I've been trying to reach you

With these words that don't get into your head

(WITH THESE WORDS THAT DON'T GET INTO YOUR HEAD)

All our bridges are burning

And there's nothing we can do but pretend and hope

(AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO BUT HOPE)

Oh, love, sing it to me

Stay young, dare me to breathe

Show me the power now

And there's nothing we can do but pretend

And there's nothing we can do but pretend and hope

(AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO BUT HOPE)

And hope