Burnt Beyond Recognition

I watch the frozen pavement shudder
The bricks see me coming and know I'm gonna weigh them down
With a talent for heavy brooding
A reluctant nihilist I've recently found
I devour any compliment

Aware of the bitter taste as it hits my tongue
I'm earnestly concerned with preserving a sense of moral integrity
I'll break your heart when you mistake me for someone new
Always working in lines drawn by darkened views
I am the thing I'm afraid to lose

Warned by the noise in my chest
And the detriments of wasting time
Set ablaze the peace that I ache to find
Burnt beyond recognition and cast aside
Warned by the noise in my chest

Warned by the noise
I am forgetting and it terrifies me
Absorbed and deformed in the way that it suits me
It's gonna hurt like hell when I reach for your help but you've
Left because you wanted to protect yourself

I'll break your heart when you think I'm someone new
Always working in lines drawn by darkened views
I am the thing I'm afraid to lose
Warned by the noise in my chest
And the detriments of wasting time

Set ablaze the peace that I ache to find
Burnt beyond recognition and cast aside
Warned by the noise in my chest
I swear I try to see you eye to eye
But it's so hard when you hold me up high

I know I should be proud but I can't help
That I hate the fact that I love myself