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Outside (Unreleased)

I used to walk around these streets
I used to walk all over town
I used to wonder what it would be like
If we changed it all around

A million lightbulbs turn to ice
A million beds to stone
A million families to bad memories
As darkness becomes home

See all the people walk on by
And look at me and stare
Forgetting our differences begin and end
With having a home somewhere

See all the others walk on by
And pretend that they just can't see
They dress in and paint on their masks each day
So scared of themselves that they're scared of me

And they say:
Have some small change
It'll make me feel better
Although I believe you don't matter at all
Because deep down inside
Lies all the world's lies
Like I don't have to be here
And if I do it's my fault.
So if we changed it all around
So that those with became those without
Would you still claim to know what's real?
And how do you think you would feel?

When they say:
Have some small change
It'll make me feel better
Although I believe you don't matter at all
Because deep down inside
Lies all the world's lies
Like I don't have to be here
And if I do it's my fault.