To a Friend

I'm thinking that it's time to get out My patients are fading fast The mind bruises just a little bit easier Dark times and shadows cast What are you suffering for? Your pride or some kind of personal war? And will you throw it away? For nothing more than the simple taste? I'll stay in time and watch you pa*s by (Paranoia woven deep beneath my skin) And I'll draw this line and hope you take my side (Breath slow, breath slow) You shouldn't have to fight alone (You shouldn't have to fight at all) It's nobody's battle but your own Panic holds me like a gun Firm and steadfast bleak and cold I think it's time to kill the drama This life style's getting old Faces threaten from behind closed doors Eyes spy from dark windows Plotting minds that seek to harm me Or maybe not I don't really know There is something waiting for me In the darkest part of my imagination I'll stay in time and watch you pa*s by (Paranoia woven deep beneath my skin) And I'll draw this line and hope you take my side (Breath slow, breath slow) You shouldn't have to fight alone (You shouldn't have to fight at all) It's nobody's battle but your own This is just self-induced terror There's more to come, this is just a glimpse I tell myself that it's all in my head But I'm pretty hard to convince Oh, there's no relief Oh, this world can offer Oh, there's no relief Oh, this world can offer me I stay in time and watch you pa*s by I draw this line and hope you'll take my side You shouldn't have to fight alone It's nobody's battle but your own