God won't speak to me, I'm not sure he was ever listening All those years asking for help but I was simply talking to myself Not worthy of your grace, I'm done seeking out a god who won't show his face Hell awaits all those who won't follow blindly Lead astray, abandoned, no promise of salvation Every person put to death in the name of your god, is it actually worth all of the blood spilled? Where was god when my heart was split into separate pieces? He's too busy to pay me any of his attention He must be dead to stay quiet when I needed guidance for so long I will carry your cross no longer This has to end when I know you don't exist here No words, no signs to instill in me what is right I ripped these pages up and mourned the death of god Nothing to contemplate, your savior's not awake I don't want heaven or hell when my life ends You call it unconditional love, I call it nothing but unwavering deceit I'm terrified to admit this but I swear that I'm finished with you I've lost my faith, not lost my way You parted the red sea, but you couldn't show yourself to me Will we burn in hell or will we simply rot in the ground here

I've been wading through the quicksand Trying to find a way to pretend All my demons know where I stand, oh, oh I've been sinking down and I know The more I move, the lower I go I've been wading through the quicksand, oh, oh Take if you wanna take That's your only way to live The brink of a miracle But something's gotta give I'd dedicate a thought for you Now I'm fightin' to forget your name Our love wasn't typical But nothing's gonna change Tables turn but let them burn 'cause I don't mind when I look at you and realize I've been wading through the quicksand Trying to find a way to pretend All my demons know where I stand, oh, oh I've been sinking down and I know The more I move, the lower I go I've been wading through the quicksand, oh, oh Quit if you wanna quit You don't have to say a word I know you won't fail to hesitate When you kick me to the curb Tables turn but let them burn 'cause I don't mind when I look at you and realize I didn't get what I wanted Now everything is just haunted Recall the world was so quiet Now everything is just violent 'Cause I've been wading through the quicksand Trying to find a way to pretend All my demons know where I stand, oh, oh I've been sinking down and I know The more I move, the lower I go I've been wading through the quicksand, oh, oh I've been wading through the quicksand, oh, oh I've been sinking down and I know The more I move, the lower I go I've been wading through the quicksand

How did we let it all come to nothing? (Nothing) Feeling like I should've been feeling something (something) Lately, I've been puttin' it off to see if (to see if) You'd come back crawling The floor is falling out So don't you hold me if you don't wanna know me Don't you play dumb when I see what you run from So don't you leave me empty when it's only in my eyes How do you feel the same without me? How do you feel the same when I don't sleep? Somehow found me, but you still doubt me How do you feel the same without me? Call me when you know you're feeling lovesick (lovesick) Or you can call it off when you see that I ain't shit (I ain't shit) Lately, I've been putting it off to see you Don't come back crawling The floor is falling out So don't you hold me if you don't wanna know me Don't you play dumb How do you feel the same without me? How do you feel the same when I don't sleep? Somehow found me, but you still doubt me How do you feel the same without me? So don't you hold me If you don't wanna know me So don't you leave me empty When it's only in my eyes How do you feel the same without me? How do you feel the same when I don't sleep? Somehow found me, but you still doubt me How do you feel the same without me? How do you feel? How do you feel Without me?

I walk in the room, and I can't conceive it The hospital bed, you're fighting to breathe in I'm holding your hand but it's losing color I know you weren't ready to go Where you are now, God only knows I guess Heaven really needed you To leave us in that vacant room A different you that's doing well A universe laid parallel A hundred things that I could lose Not one of them could lead to you A different version of yourself A universe laid parallel A panic attack at five in the morning We bury the dead without any warning It hits me in waves, the lack of color I know you weren't ready to go Where you are now, God only knows I guess Heaven really needed you To leave us in that vacant room A different you that's doing well A universe laid parallel A hundred things that I could lose Not one of them could lead to you A different version of yourself A universe laid parallel

Mental gymnastics How you got me out of your head Teach me your tactics How you got me off of your chest so fast It's like your fingers just snapped And you're good and I'm mad Let me know How you make it look so easy to let me go Why won't you let me in on your secret? 'Cause I'm still picking up pieces I need you to let me know How did you get so, how did you get so cold? Do you still have the poison on the tip of your tongue? 'Cause I see right through the fear inside the back of your lungs Use your love as a weapon, so you get some leverage Only care for a second, while begging you to Let me know How you make it look so easy to let me go Why won't you let me in on your secret? 'Cause I'm still picking up pieces I need you to let me know How did you get so, how did you get so cold? How did you get so, how did you get so cold? You put me under the ground, yeah, you'll never know What it's like to feel when you're all alone (Hoo) You stain everything around me And I feel darkness around me

Stitch up this heart And hide it away I keep it somewhere dark and safe Watch it fade to grey I still feel this way When light catches your face You open these stitches again When I see your face When I see your face I guess what I'm saying is I don't wanna die alone Keep looking around and there's nowhere left for me to roam I can't keep my head up, there's nowhere left to go a-low Please, take me home And now, we're standing here with blood on our hands You tear me open and dig through my chest I'm so sad and cold with the spaces you left I stitch up my heart again and lay this to rest To rest

Hopped out the plane at LAX With a dream and my cardigan Welcome to the land of fame excess, yeah Am I gonna fit in? Yeah Jumped in the cab, here I am for the first time Look to my right, and I see the Hollywood sign This is all so crazy Everybody seems so famous My tummy's turning and I'm feeling kinda homesick Too much pressure and I'm nervous That's when the taxi man turned on the radio And the JAY-Z song was on And the JAY-Z song was on And the JAY-Z song was on So I put my hands up They're playing my song, the butterflies fly away Nodding my head like, yeah (Yeah) Moving my hips like, yeah So I put my hands up, they're playing my song I know I'm gonna be okay Yeah, it's a party in the U.S.A. Yeah, whoa-oh-oh-oh It's a party in the U.S.A. Get to the club in my taxi cab Everybody's looking at me now Like, "Who's that chick that's rocking kicks? She's gotta be from outta town", yeah So hard when my girl's not around me (Mhm) It's definitely not a Nashville party (No way) 'Cause all I see are stilettos I guess I never got the memo, yeah My tummy's turning and I'm feeling kinda homesick Too much pressure and I'm nervous That's when the DJ dropped my favorite tune And the Britney song was on And the Britney song was on And the Britney song was on So I put my hands up They're playing my song, the butterflies fly away Nodding my head like, yeah (Yeah) Moving my hips like, yeah So I put my hands up, they're playing my song I know I'm gonna be okay Yeah, it's a party in the U.S.A. Yeah, whoa-oh-oh-oh It's a party in the U.S.A. Feel like hopping on a flight Back to my hometown tonight But something stops me every time The DJ plays my song and I feel alright So I put my hands up They're playing my song, the butterflies fly away Nodding my head like, yeah (Yeah) Moving my hips like, yeah So I put my hands up, they're playing my song I know I'm gonna be okay Yeah, it's a party in the U.S.A. Yeah, whoa-oh-oh-oh It's a party in the U.S.A.