"Retreat (Internalize Part II)"

Lash out like a wounded animal
I'd have to be insane to act this way
Death stare like some kind of criminal
I hate that I'm this way

Retreat, retreat
My head keeps tempo like a beat
That I can follow when the world is cruel to me
Or when I can't control the way I'm acting
I can retreat, retreat
To a place that's warm and happy
And hope that I'll be safe from me
Or the way my thoughts run rampantly

Clam up like a social imbecile
Hug myself and point my feet
Flash back like a crippled general
Remembering the fights that long deceased

Retreat, retreat
My head keeps tempo like a beat
That I can follow when the world is cruel to me
Or when I can't control the way I'm acting
I can retreat, retreat
To a place that's warm and happy
And hope that I'll be safe from me
Or the way my thoughts run rampantly
And trample me
And all that's in their path
All that I can do is pull back

Genuine and vulnerable
All that I could ask
All that I could ask of me
Still seems indiscernible
It's such a task for me

So I retreat, retreat
To a place that's warm and happy
And hope that I'll be safe from me
And prevent a couple casualties