Stranger

Old man, was it worth it?

Was it all that it seemed?

Did you ever find the carcass of your dreams?

Oh, you must know I was young

The fear I had not yet outrun

Oh, I was never meant to hurt you

But I do, oh

I do, oh

It's got ahold of me and it keeps coming away

And you were always looking at me from afar

I can't change

I'm a stranger to my nature

Would you love me anyway?

If my head don't talk right

Let me down, old man

Through the swollen eyes of your Ritalin

It's like a stranger standing over me

Some kind of faceless beast that watches as I sleep

Now there's a hard lump in my throat

And all the best times that you've ever known

Are all just fading off the back of my sanity

Oh please, I made you weep

It's got ahold of me and it keeps coming away

But you were always looking at me from afar

A new change

I'm a stranger to my nature

Would you love me anyway?

If my head don't talk right

Don't let me down, old man

I want it bad

I left the seeds of a memory

And I wonder if I've come too far