Something didn’t click, and the lock just didn’t catch;
Now the moment’s torn apart, and the pieces here don’t match
The tongue’s a funny thing, and we say it can be tied
But what if you can’t cinch the knot?
Why can it outpace a thought?
Now my heart is rot
And I taste a new divide.
“No more,” you told yourself, just leave it in the past
Did you believe what you first promised or how you acted last?
Is change real or wanted? I could ask myself the same;
The choice seems weighted
Uncalculated
And we’ve all obeyed it
No matter what they claim.
And I know that you tried, that your faults are not a ruse;
Hell, I know what it’s like to fight yourself and lose.
(Chorus)
There’s an itch, there’s a twitch, there’s something like a glitch,
A misplaced zero in the backyard of the brain.
It’s not insane, it’s worse, it’s thoroughly mundane,
The tear in the logic, the rhythm of the pain—
Maybe we’re the crooked ones, and it’s not just the road—
Maybe all we are inside is a mess of broken code.
Is your heartbeat just as loud as you try to fall asleep?
3 AM, I should be under, and the thought could make me weep.
Frozen while I’m running, running far away in thought—
It’s done, but still replaying
I think my brain is fraying
And I’ll be paying
Up tomorrow, fearing what I’ve wrought.
And I promise you I tried; that my faults are not a ruse;
Don’t you know what it’s like to fight yourself and lose?
(Chorus)
I have my glitches too,
But I’d never forgiven you—
I thought I had more time.
You broke a code, but I’ve shattered my share
I clung to my hate, and now you’re not there
To see me let it go.
If I can’t always trust, I’ll learn to release,
And maybe, amidst the missteps,
I can still find some peace.
There’s an itch, there’s a twitch, there’s something like a glitch,
A misplaced zero in the backyard of the brain.
It’s not insane, it’s worse, it’s thoroughly mundane,
The tear in the logic, the rhythm of the pain—
Maybe we’re the crooked ones, and it’s not just the road—
Maybe all we are inside is a mess of broken--
--itch, there’s a twitch, there’s something like a glitch,
A misplaced zero in the backyard of the brain.
Unless we understand, it will always be our bane—
I’ll cover for your cracks, but be ready for the rain.
We are the crooked ones, together on the road,
And I admire you for walking, even with the broken code.
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