Let it begin, let Adam in Step one: original sin Underneath the leaves, Adam found Eve Both of them found something sweet under the apple tree Then it was over, roads divide Step two: learning how to lie Let me ask a question to present day How the hell did Eve end up with all the damn blame? All the damn blame To all the dirty looks, the kitty cat calls To the ones who try and throw us up against the back walls Let me tell you something you'll understand Only the little boys tell you they're a big man To all my sisters and all our friends We have to thank them, please Strength means blessed with an enemy Oh, my, my, my, my armor comes from you You make me try, try, try, try harder Oh, that's all I ever do, ever do Oh, no no, my, my, my, my armor comes from you You make me stronger, stronger Now, hand me my armor (Hand me my armor, hand me my armor) Step three: I see The unforgettable, incredible ones who came before me Brought poetry, brought science Sowed quiet seeds of self-reliance Bloom in me, so here I am You think I am high and mighty, mister? Wait 'til you meet my little sister Oh, my, my, my, my armor comes from you You make me try, try, try, try harder Oh, that's all I ever do, ever do Oh, no no, my, my, my, my armor comes from you You make me stronger, stronger Now, hand me my armor What you didn't do to bury me But you didn't know I was a goddamn seed You don't scare me, I am of the earth So tired of your empire Blind men only set the world on fire Sad you can't see it You brought the flame, here comes the phoenix You make me try harder Oh, it's all I ever do, ever do Oh, no no, my, my, my, my armor comes from you You make me stronger, stronger Hand me my armor Oh, my, my, my, my armor comes from you You make me try, try, try, try harder Oh, that's all I ever do, ever do Oh, no no, my, my, my, my armor comes from you You make me stronger, stronger Hand me my armor (Hand me my armor, hand me my armor) (Hand me my armor, hand me my armor) Hand me my armor (Hand me my armor) Hand me my armor, hand me my armor

I'm not bullet proof when it comes to you Don't know what to say when you made me the enemy After the war is won There's always the next one I'm not bullet proof when it comes to you Maybe I'll crash into you Maybe we would open these wounds We're only alive if we bruise So I lay down this armor I will surrender tonight Before we both lose this fight Take my defenses All my defenses I lay down this armor... I lay down this armor... I lay down this armor I do what it takes to make this right But we got to stop before the regret After the war is won There's always the next one I'll do what it takes to make this right Maybe I'll crash into you Maybe we will open these wounds We're only alive if we bruise So I lay down this armor I will surrender tonight Before we both lose this fight Take my defenses All my defenses I lay down this armor... I lay down this armor... I lay down this armor for you I'll be you escape I'll be your safe place I'll be your shelter Your shelter, yeah I'll be you escape I'll be your safe place I'll be your shelter Your shelter, yeah Maybe I'll crash into you Maybe we will open these wounds We're only alive if we bruise So I lay down this armor I will surrender tonight Before we both lose this fight Take my defenses All my defenses I lay down this armor... I lay down this armor... I lay down this armor for you I lay down this armor for you

Shove it down like cold hands into pockets Talk to myself like I know what's going on Leverage with sleep Amnesia calls me by name Talk myself out of what I know is wrong In the dark desperate night Walk the ghosts haunting life Holding fast to their end Begging us to let them in Pain's just a burden that I'm powering through I can't see the future but I can see through you Pain's just a burden that I carry for you Tangled in your construe, your lies always tell the truth Digging deep in the depths of my soul To hold it together, to keep control Nothing seems to change Only words never actions Am I just a victim in the confines of this traction In the dark desperate night Walk the ghosts haunting life Screaming out, calling names Searching earth for their graves Pain's just a burden that I'm powering through I can't see the future but I can see through you Pain's just a burden that I carry for you Tangled in your construe, your lies always tell the truth Show to me just how hurt I can be Pain's just a burden of proof resting on you

There's a looming darkness that I can't shake Like searching for light in a sunken cave Following close but just out of reach Keeping me weary but I never sleep Just keep your hands on me tonight I don't know what I might do but I might Don't beg for warmth if you can't stand heat Don't dig for truth if you can't dig deep Peel back the memories Looking for what's hard to see What's been lost and buried Well what if I was you and your were me And what if we were all just part of someone else's dream Just keep your hands on me tonight I don't know what I might do but I might Don't beg for warmth if you can't stand heat Don't dig for truth if you can't dig deep Just keep your hands on me tonight There's something inside me that don't feel right I'm burning up from my head to my feet I feel it pulling from the deep Divided I fall to my knees There used to be more than you see Time is the thread and we are the seams Cut me open I'll show you the color that I bleed I'll tell you a secret you can keep There's always been more than we see Just follow the voice where it leads Cut me open I'll show you what I mean Cut me open

Back down inside my soul I've been trying to take control But time does not relent And I reproach myself again I guess we're all just trying to deal With something we don't want to feel With my hand in your shaking hand Shadows cast like iron in sand I hear a song where you used to stand The life we choose is the life we demand Carry disease like rats to the ark That drifts through the black sea of time Two sides of the same coin Cut from the same cloth I wanted to be like you Now tell me is this how men should talk With my hand in your shaking hand Shadows cast like iron in sand I hear a song where you used to stand The life we choose is the life we demand He hangs the moon And paints the heavens Pulls down the stars And leaves darkness for his children

Hold me back I'm standing to close to the edge Hold me back I hear the whispers collect Hold me back It's getting darker on the horizon Stars are caving in Hold me back Pressure cuts like insults Deep into my skin Who are we this lifetime This feels like the right place at the wrong time Who are we this lifetime This feels like the right place at the wrong time Breaking down Molecules that we surround Breaking down Did the world stop spinning Breaking down Drifting off in the distance Soft spoken resistance Breaking down Look around and it's just us Ashes to dust Who are we this lifetime This feels like the right place at the wrong time Who are we this lifetime This feels like the right place at the wrong time Who are we this lifetime This feels like the right place at the wrong time Who are we this lifetime This feels like the right place at the wrong time