When I'm gone, hope it takes no thought at all to reminisce on an old photo stuck to a rotting wall. Picturesque, full of lovely dreams, I never want to let them know how they might evolve. Days at the start line, simple, fragile, frail. Some other dark room washed out every detail. We did our hearts, lungs, pulse into the scale. Who was I back at the start? Young, foolish, idealistic. Thinking I could take what was perfect and fix it. Sinking even lower and life was good, now it's twisted. Deals with the devil that I should have resisted. Watching with a new conscience, baby. Romance, speed, hopes and dreams, just one. Reality has made of many, I'm outgunned. Watching with a new conscience, baby. Never figured why, was surprised to find half-truths are an alibi for straight-up lies. Now, feels like I'm singing six feet underground. This heart is beating without any sound. There are no second chances for me. Nobody's likely to come back around. Upon the ashes of what once grew here, I'll plant a seed and divide by nine and fall. Was I the hero no one believed? Was I the villain after all? Innocent days are reduced to hindsight. Illuminated nostalgia, it hits and blindsides me. What remains couldn't match the dream or explain how it all went so downstream. Watching with a new conscience, baby. More alone now than ever before. A wretched god or a mess on a dusty castle floor. Good to be the hate state, I can take the blame. Collect power from the pointless pain. People wanna see the beauty where there is none. In a world that doesn't compensate anyone. Afraid of ugly to step back away and run. Look at me directly, we're not done. Time to do what's right, you have got to fight tooth and nail to break rules and chase the light. I can't stop the noise, I can't sleep tonight. Would you catch me? I need a sign. Watching with a new conscience, baby. Isolating myself. Isolating shade. The ideal flower withering away. The taste of the water that has dried up. The one and only me from that time. I tried to hide my dream. How far can I go? The day I was torn apart. Falling to the edges of brilliance. Just fall, stay alive. Just wanna save a life. Just fall, left behind. Just give me one more try. Feeling less of a human like every day I've been losing a little more of me. I'm sorry but this beggar is choosing to run away and feel love and I will live in it. And for me there is nothing left here. For me there is nothing left here. And because I wanna escape but nothing gets better until I make the decision to double it down and double and triple the stake. Never gonna give him invincible love when he's standing in my way. I'm no criminal. I wonder what battles come. I'm sitting in syllables and the sounds are deafening. Never be, ever be anyone else. Break. People keep on hurting people. They keep on dreaming about love. Still claiming your love. Just ask me. Imperfect. Disheveled. It hurts but I want you to smile. I want you. I want you.