"Away"

I can handle more, so you hand me less
Take it all from me and call me blessed
Another doomed-from-the-start retest
I can feel the failure weigh on my chest

See the world move on, see me change as well
Move away from light and I'm bent on hell
With no end in sight as far as I can tell
Looking back on just how far I fell

If I were to trust, to really believe
Would it take my life away from me
Cause the power of choice, my humanity
Feels like it's stripped away
And if you love me the way you say you do
I know, that you don't have to prove
But could you show me how these things are true
Why I've only slipped away

I can't stand for this, all these opposites
A reversed version of me that only aims to quit
When I see the correlation, I can't handle it
Even by my own strength it's all counterfeit

Embrace all the loose ends, embrace all I see
Like a kid in a candy store, but life ain't sweet
I've stopped narrowing down who I don't want to be
To become a worse person that's becoming me

If I were to trust, to really believe
Would it take my life away from me
Cause the power of choice, my humanity
Feels like it's stripped away
And if you love me the way you say you do
I know, that you don't have to prove
But could you show me how these things are true
Why I've only slipped away

There's hell to pay, if I have it my way
If I choose to ignore all the things you say
You've paved the way, and I feel like I've got it made
But there's a tremor underneath the surface that makes the whole road sway

If I were to trust, to really believe
Would it take my life away from me
Cause the power of choice, my humanity
Feels like it's stripped away
And if you love me the way you say you do
I know, that you don't have to prove
But could you show me how these things are true
Why I've only slipped away