From the inside (piano)

I got lost on the road somewhere Was it Texas or was it Canada? Drinking whiskey in the morning light I work the stage all night long At first we laughed about it My long haired drunken friends Proposed a toast to Jimmy's ghost I never dreamed that I would wind up on the losing end I'm stuck here on the inside looking out I'm just another case Where's my makeup? Where's my face on the inside? You all got your kicks from what you saw up there Eight bucks even buys a folding chair I was downing seagrams on another flight And I worked that stage all night long (worked that stage all night long) You were screaming for the villain up there And I was much obliged The old road sure screwed me good this time It's hard to see where the vicious circle ends I'm stuck here on the inside, I'm looking out That's no big disgrace Where's my makeup? Where's my face on the inside? On the inside... I'm stuck here on the inside looking out I'm just another case Where's my makeup? Where's my face on the inside? I'm stuck here on the inside, I'm looking out There ain't no big disgrace Where's my makeup? Where's my face on the inside?

Here's the weight of the world on my shoulders Here's the weight of the world on my shoulders On my shoulders All alone I pierce the chain And on and on the sting remains And dying eyes consume me now The voice inside screams out loud I am focused on what I am after The key to the next open chapter 'Cause I found a way To steal the sun from the sky Long live that day That I decided to fly from the inside Every day a new deception Pick your scene and take direction And on and on I search to connect But I don't wear a mask and I have no regrets I am focused on what I am after The key to the next open chapter 'Cause I found a way To steal the sun from the sky Long live that day That I decided to fly from the inside I can't escape the pain, I can't control the rage Sometimes I think that I'mma go insane I'm not against what's right, I'm not for what's wrong I'm just making my way and I'm gone Here's the weight of the world on my shoulders 'Cause I found a way To steal the sun from the sky Long live that day That I decided to fly from the inside That I decided to fly from the inside That I decided to fly from the inside

A thousand times I've failed Still Your mercy remains and should I stumble again I'm caught in Your grace Everlasting Your light will shine when all else fades Never ending Your glory goes beyond all fame Your will above all else My purpose remains The art of losing myself In bringing You praise Everlasting Your light will shine when all else fades Never ending Your glory goes beyond all fame In my heart and my soul Lord I give You control Consume me from the inside out Lord let justice and praise Become my embrace To love you from the inside out Your will above all else My purpose remains The art of losing myself In bringing You praise Everlasting Your light will shine when all else fades Never ending Your glory goes beyond all fame In my heart and my soul Lord I give You control Consume me from the inside out Lord, let justice and praise Become my embrace To love you from the inside out Everlasting Your light will shine when all else fades Never ending Your glory goes beyond all fame And the cry of my heart Is to bring You praise From the inside out Lord my soul cries out In my heart and my soul I give You control Consume me from the inside out Lord, let justice and praise Become my embrace To love you from the inside out Everlasting Your light will shine when all else fades Never ending Your glory goes beyond all fame And the cry of my heart Is to bring You praise From the inside out Lord my soul cries out Everlasting Your light will shine when all else fades Never ending Your glory goes beyond all fame And the cry of my heart Is to bring You praise From the inside out Lord my soul cries out From the inside out Lord my soul cries out

I don't know who to trust, no surprise Everyone feels so far away from me Heavy thoughts sift through dust and the lies Trying not to break, but I'm so tired of this deceit Every time I try to make myself get back up on my feet All I ever think about is this All the tiring time between And how trying to put my trust in you Just takes so much out of me Take everything from the inside And throw it all away 'Cause I swear for the last time I won't trust myself with you Tension is building inside, steadily Everyone feels so far away from me Heavy thoughts forcing their way out of me Trying not to break, but I'm so tired of this deceit Every time I try to make myself get back up on my feet All I ever think about is this All the tiring time between And how trying to put my trust in you Just takes so much out of me Take everything from the inside And throw it all away 'Cause I swear for the last time I won't trust myself with you I won't waste myself on you You You Waste myself on you You You I'll take everything from the inside And throw it all away 'Cause I swear for the last time I won't trust myself with you Everything from the inside And just throw it all away 'Cause I swear for the last time I won't trust myself with you You You

In the golden morning Listening to the water run through my fingers and down my hands In the golden color of dawn, I remember back where this began Everybody else stretched their necks to catch a glimpse of what was hid Then they all tried their best to take it away and that's just what they did In the golden morning Everything else goes away, making myself a better day As the clouds are forming Everything else goes away, taking what's mine back today I am your perfect confidence I am your childish innocence I am what you pretend to be Tomorrow will come to take all these things with me The water runs through my fingers and down my hands In the cool color of dawn, taking this back around to where it began Thinking that I wish that everybody I know could see the things I do And know everything I did, it wasn't for me, it was for you In the winter morning Everything else has gone away, making ourselves a better day As the clouds are storming Everything else has gone away, taking what's ours back today I am your perfect confidence I am your childish innocence I am what you pretend to be Tomorrow will come to take all these things with me, me, me

One, two, three, four I am bad, I am evil I am winter, I am pain I'll mess up your life I'll beat up your wife I'll lose all your friends And I'll win in the end So, you play the joker And I'll play the clown And I'll laugh while you're up there And I'll laugh when you're down Though your screams break the silence Oh, they won't make a sound Na-na-na, na, na, na, na I will rise, I will take you I will break you, never let you go I'll shoot through your veins I'll drive you insane I'll poison your breath And I'll love you to death So, you be the joker And I'll be the clown And you'll laugh when you're up there But you'll cry when you're down Though your screams break the silence Oh, they won't make a sound Na-na-na, na, na, na, na Oh, so you play the joker And I'll play the clown And I'll laugh while you're up there And I'll laugh when you're down Though your screams break the silence Oh, they won't make a sound Na-na-na, na, na, na, na Na-na-na, na, na, na, na Na-na-na, na, na, na, na

How we could have known That we're stuck in a system? There was a pre-existing dictum, programmed to do nothing else Why feel so alone When we share so much wisdom? But you set fire to the kingdom, burn it all until it melts Or else Now this comes from inside, how long do we have to try? Now this comes from inside, and stays there until you die Now this comes from inside, how long do we have to try? Now this comes from inside, and stays there until you die Long time ago, it was all for a show Fill our wounds with a pound of salt And your reason to justify scars You can't quantify, lock us inside a vault Now this is your fault Everything is a problem There was a poison in the air, despair is an eternal blight You're losing it all You've been blinded by stardom You think that you're alone, but we are waiting for you every night You're mine Now this comes from inside, how long do we have to try? Now this comes from inside, and stays there until you die Now this comes from inside, what you have, I want it, it's mine Now this comes from inside, and stays there until you die