Cards - acoustic

Nothing's working out the way it's supposed to
Everything's caught up and tied between everything else
It's just a losing game
With a one-sided coin a magic ball is only up one more shelf
Then you can settle score and call it even
Make or break you start believing

That your head never hurts when it rains
And the lessons start to look like just pain
'Cause it's all the same because its changed
Diversions come too frequently
For you to see what's truly meant to be

But if you play your cards well
You wont think about all that got lost in the shuffle
Because you understand
That by winning your hand
All the cheaters and bluffers
Can't outsmart your scam
It's not foolproof
'Cause you wont know where to land
And there's factors and sums
That wont add to make a difference
The world is what you make it
Of course that's why you fake it
But you'll just have to take it
When you inevitably break because

Nothing's working out the way its supposed to
So I rummage for answers in my empty old basement
Theres remnants that remain at the bottom of the drain
So I gather it up make a pill
Fill my cup
And I throw it all down my esophagus
Drown it 'till I double over then try to get sober

'Cause my head only hurts when I drink
Yet I knock myself out just to think
About how I can't change the way the game is played
It's getting all too clear to me
That I am not the captain of this sea
Still I poke around I never let it be

There's no fate that can evade us all
And a clean slate wont help me break my fall
So I'll keep the same pace
And I wont look back
'Cause it's not my call
Can't keep this intact
I've been seeing lately
What can go wrong will
The forces that play me may just break me
And take all my will

'Cause nothing's working out the way its supposed to
The things that are mine just keep turning on dimes
I've got none
I spent all my change
Staking claims
Tossing blame
Trying to lock down the game
I keep my ace
Locked in a safe
But the code slips my mind every damn time