Why do you do all these things to me
I've lost control of everything
If I could just get my life back on track
Then I could stop what I'm feeling
If there was any way to show you
The way that you take my self esteem
We wouldn't spend half of our time weeping
And what is left of it screaming,

Your anger is weighing me down
My pain is caused by your constant aggression
Every time you hurt me
I end up the one who is apologizing

You're the prelude to my breakdown, beginning to my end
You'll put me out of my misery if you are my friend
Take your jagged tongue and cut me with your lies
Fill me with some false hope before my real hope dies

Your good intentions are passive ways
Of making me pay
You push me to the end of my rope
The more you force, the more that it frays
You shake me, you break me down
You let me sail in a ship that is inside a bottle
I'm holding on to one last thing
The hope that I can hope for something

You're the prelude to my breakdown, beginning to my end
You'll put me out of my misery if you are my friend
Take your jagged tongue and cut me with your lies
Fill me with some false hope before my real hope dies

You steal the best of me
Your hatred is the key
I can't spend another day
We should go our separate ways
Everything you say and do
I can't stand the thought of you

You're the prelude to my breakdown, beginning to my end
You'll put me out of my misery if you are my friend
Take your jagged tongue and cut me with your lies
Fill me with some false hope before my real hope dies