Ulterior Motives
Living in the shadows
Of the ruins you left behind
Picking up the pieces
Of a broken mind
Ripped down every time I think I've found my feet
Wish it was easy for me to just pack and leave
I try to stand up
Can't control the heat
Why do I keep coming back for more?
Fallen down and out through a trapdoor
Oh, cold to the bone, I'm done
I'm paralyzed, but I know I have to run to save my soul
I gotta bust out, stuck in this hole
No light bright enough to reach down
It's like I'm chewing barbed wire
To get the perfect smile
The taste of my blood
Is bittersweet but I'm hooked
It's like I'm chewing barbed wire
To get the perfect smile
The taste of my blood
Is bittersweet and I'm hooked (whoa)
Burning image in my eyes
No remorse, no charge, no time for your crime
How do you walk free? Everybody is blind
Too hard to act like things ain't fine
Too comfortable up on the fence
Sitting back in apathy at my own expense
No neutral, you can only oppose
Or choose to enable the pain to grow
It's like I'm chewing barbed wire
To get the perfect smile
The taste of my blood
Is bittersweet but I'm hooked
It's like I'm chewing barbed wire
To get the perfect smile
The taste of my blood
Is bittersweet but I'm hooked
What would I be without you?
You pick me up when I feel blue
Who's using who?
Do you need me more than I need you? Whoa!
Now I know the truth
And I'm black and I'm bruised
I see ulterior motives control your moves
I think I'm better off alone
Far away from you, I need to get in my zone
It's a future I seek
Time to make a change before it's out of my reach
Of the ruins you left behind
Picking up the pieces
Of a broken mind
Ripped down every time I think I've found my feet
Wish it was easy for me to just pack and leave
I try to stand up
Can't control the heat
Why do I keep coming back for more?
Fallen down and out through a trapdoor
Oh, cold to the bone, I'm done
I'm paralyzed, but I know I have to run to save my soul
I gotta bust out, stuck in this hole
No light bright enough to reach down
It's like I'm chewing barbed wire
To get the perfect smile
The taste of my blood
Is bittersweet but I'm hooked
It's like I'm chewing barbed wire
To get the perfect smile
The taste of my blood
Is bittersweet and I'm hooked (whoa)
Burning image in my eyes
No remorse, no charge, no time for your crime
How do you walk free? Everybody is blind
Too hard to act like things ain't fine
Too comfortable up on the fence
Sitting back in apathy at my own expense
No neutral, you can only oppose
Or choose to enable the pain to grow
It's like I'm chewing barbed wire
To get the perfect smile
The taste of my blood
Is bittersweet but I'm hooked
It's like I'm chewing barbed wire
To get the perfect smile
The taste of my blood
Is bittersweet but I'm hooked
What would I be without you?
You pick me up when I feel blue
Who's using who?
Do you need me more than I need you? Whoa!
Now I know the truth
And I'm black and I'm bruised
I see ulterior motives control your moves
I think I'm better off alone
Far away from you, I need to get in my zone
It's a future I seek
Time to make a change before it's out of my reach
Credits
Writer(s): Andy Harper, Chris Sanderson, Joe Paine, Josh Williams
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