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BreakingSanity

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"I'm standing here chained to this wall. The chains that bind me are the words you spoke. I'm looking out the window in my cell. The sun is always setting and the stars are always falling. I don't know..."

"You spend all your time, trying to be different but in the end, you only end up the same. You've given all your time, trying to forget but you've only found, that you can't remember. You spend endl..."

"Wipe that smile off of your face. Hold in those tears, walk away. Try to breath hold your breath. Watch the words that you refuse to speak. Try not to fall so hard, or run so fast. Don't stare so har..."

"Maybe things will get better if we let them.Maybe the rain will pass if we just wait it out.Maybe we have hope yet,maybe it's not as important as we thought.Maybe you don't hate me as much as you thin..."

"It's a shame I let myself care so much, do I really care at all? What do I love, your words or your touch? It's not fair you make me play your sick game. I don't want your pleasure or your fame. E..."

"Your confidence is what pushes you down.Now your dreams are shattered on the floor.Can you see all of us who you left behind?Our tears will only stain your grave.I wish I knew how to stop you,I wish y..."

"You stand outside,breathe in the fresh air.Hold on to everything you wish you had. Don't cry those tears,they won't help at all.Gather all your courage,follow me.I know it's going to be different.But ..."

"As I look out in the world,I see the tear stained eyes,of a nation torn by hatred,of a nation torn by lies.I read the paper,watch the news.I hear about the accidenta girl killed by too much booze.Duri..."

"You say that I'm weak. You say that I'm wrong. Tell me then, how come I'm standing. Standing so fucking strong. Written August 9th, 2001 © on Aug 09 2001 06:43 AM PST   0 • 1"

"I used to think your snobbery grew from conceit. Now I know better, your just falling. Falling into your own defeat. Written August 9th, 2001 © on Aug 09 2001 06:45 AM PST   0 • 1"

"I'm sitting here, waiting for you to fuck up. I'm waiting for you to abuse me. Use me. Lose me. I'm just waiting for you to treat me like dirt. Waiting to get hurt. I'm waiting to feel the pain, waiti..."

"I search my soul, I scour my heart. Walking through the years I wonder. What do I do? My heart and soul, everything I am and want to be, all is searched, all is wished clean. The pain and sorrow. The..."

"You're pushing me back, you're holding me down. And now I'm afraid all you ever wanted for me, is all I can ever turn out to be. Written August 13th, 2001 © on Aug 13 2001 02:11 PM PST   0 • 1"

"I'm looking at you from across the room.I can see it gathering in your eyes.All of the pain you've hidden,is swelling beneath the surface.The years of silence are getting louder, how can you keep it a..."

"You say no one understands, you say no one really cares. You keep all of those feelings bottled up inside. How do you expect to get any where? You've tried so hard, to be who they want you to be, you..."

"I can't be the beginning and I refuse to be the end. It's not what we thought, these lives are dead ends. It was so long ago, that all of us were here, together we ran, through life and fear. Now t..."

"I tried to reach out to you, I did everything that I could do. I prayed and cried, oh God, I've tried. In my head I hear the words you speak. Whispering the broken promises I was supposed to keep. Y..."

"She's whispering hope into his ear. Making him think there's nothing to fear. He's holding on to a perfect yesterday, waiting for his pain to fall away. Now the sun sets on tomorrow, she's got nothing..."

"I'm torn between what's wrong and right,torn between my heart and sight.You say to always follow your heart,but at the same time you say we'll never part.I've fallen between my dreams and what's real,..."

"Don't ask me what's wrong, don't try to comfort me. Your looking at me like you give a damn. You've built your wall of lies very well.For so long I saw you as perfect,but day by day your wall has begu..."

"What will you say to me when I beg you for a reason? There are no words, but you can't stop talking. I don't even hear you anymore. Raise your voice, I still can't hear you! Don't scream at me, when..."

"One morning I'll wake in a bed, in which I don't belong. The night before will be just a haze. I'd have went to the bar, and met a guy. He'll be strong, dark, handsome. He'll buy me a drink, and we'l..."

"It's a little bit too late, to ask her to forget, it's a little bit too late, to beg her to remember. All of the pain he brought her, is pushing her down. But the only way she can forgive, is shootin..."

"Your fear of today is hardly something you can say. What has happened through the rain, things will never be the same. Some say we can only blame ourselves, but say that as you look at our pictures o..."

"Our tears will fall and our buildings will crumble,you may think you kick us down, but all you get is a stumble. Our pride stands tall and proud,you think you made a ruckus but I swear we're just as l..."

"I sat in my college philosophy class this morning. A strange chill through the room. The last time we met was Tuesday morning, 8 o'clock. We'd been talking about terrorists, and old beliefs that no on..."

"Will you hold on tight, if I ask you to let go? Will you tell me, if I don't want to know? Will you live forever, if I ask you to die? Will you weep for me, if I beg you not to cry? Are you ready to..."

"Don't lie and tell me you'd do it all different, when you know it would all turn out the same. Don't look at me and say how much you love me, when you know it's all a game. Don't tell me it's all go..."

"There are droplets of you forming in my eyes. You're falling down my cheeks now. You have no respect for my sensitive skin. You're staining me all of the colors I thought you'd wiped away. Everythin..."

"I was walking down the beach, holding on to your hand. As we got farther down the coast, I realized how distant you had become. Your eyes looked far beyond me. So I cast mine out to sea, letting my gu..."

"I don't know what to do anymore. My eyes are telling me one thing, my heart another. I see him and I see my future, I look at you, and I see my past. You were so wonderful, you showed me things I only..."

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