another link in the chain

I can't stop seeing red
'Cause the pictures in my head
Are far more vivid than
The stories that you've said

Please excuse my trust issues
And I'll excuse the trust abuse
But that takes two

And I could play this game
Again and again
So the bender just bends

This sort of thing
Just can't go on so long
It's growth for the sane
Another link in the chain

I can't give you me
Like you want me to
I have to break myself
To give a piece to you
So I can't give you me
Like you want me to
But you want me still
All the same

You can't get out your mind
'Cause the things we said
Are buried deep
While you pretend
That everything's alright

So I'll excuse your trust issues
If you excuse the words I use
But that takes two

And you just blame yourself
Again and again
But our problems don't end

This sort of thing
Just can't go on so long
It's growth for the sane
Another link in the chain
But we just can't change

You can't give me you
Like I want you to
'Cause you give everything
But never save for you
So you can't give me you
Like I want you to
But I want you to anyway
So anyway

No I can't give you nothing
I'd like to think this ain't how love is
I would break myself for you
But then we'd probably both be broken

No you can't give me nothing
I'd like to think this ain't how love is
You just break yourself for me
But you could break yourself to nothing