In Stained Glass

Something's slipped away
I guess I'll come back to it yesterday
And I can't hear what you say
Probably didn't matter much anyway

I've seen a lot up here
And it's not all how it appeared
Oh if you could find out how
Fuck it, won't help you much anyhow

Trying to hold back has only held me back so far
The things I've thrown away, you couldn't dream how good they are
Even when you tell me that everything's not lost
I know that you've forgotten how much everything had cost
So I'm taking back what's mine

I can't look back to the past
Been stuck like I'm living in stained glass
Every corner cut me loose
Every face tried to tie my noose
Someday it'll pass
I've been left with a choice of two less-beaten paths to something new
And I lie here in the depths of schism
Beaten black and blue
To my left there's something dear
To my right, something unclear
It shifts into focus
I never would have known if you hadn't been there to notice
An ailing light in a human-like visage awaited me there to the right
I say so long to the image of what I held dear
As I fall into the night

Trying to hold back has only held me back so far
The things I've thrown away, you couldn't dream how good they are
Even when you tell me that everything's not lost
I know that you've forgotten how much everything had cost
So I'm taking back what's mine
Yeah, I'm taking back what's mine