Oh the world is a wonderful, fucked up place
Don’t stop to breathe
You’re still in the race

No time for mourning
Or to nurse a broken heart
No time to think of what you left at the start

This world has no patience
For your void, empty soul
Don’t you know death is life’s ultimate goal?

Forget what he said…
His lips, his eyes, his hands...
Hello?! The world is spinning
You’re still in demand!

Forget your bruised conscious, wasted kisses, broken past
You’re still not moving quick enough
You’re coming up last

Don’t think about the nagging guilt that weighs down every step
Ignore the tortured voices that hit you right and left
You do know self-indulgence is a sure fire path to sin?
How dare you stop you cry, you’re never going to win!

So your breathings getting ragged
Your sick heart beating fit to burst
And no amount of whispered love
Will ever quench your thirst

Yes I see your eyes much clearer now
The pain is quite reflective
I guess we can cut your heart out
And mark it as defective

Your technique has no style or flair
The score cards all say zero
How selfish of you to stop now!
No one likes a fallen hero

Get up, don’t stop, work harder now
Don’t even stop to bleed
Be better, be beautiful, get smarter now

SHUT UP AND LET ME
Breathe…