Box of Faces

I walk down a crowded street full of people
Just living their lives, trying to hide from the evil
That lurks nearby But there's a church nearby
I see the shadow of a steeple
And that there is the cross I bear
For my sins, God gives me that cross I bear
It's not a win, it's a loss, I swear
I'm ready to give in and toss my flair
Cause I'm running out of options
Keep making wrong decisions and it don't look like it's stopping
I used to be a free spirit just like Janis Joplin
My motherboard is fried, can't remember how to log in
No, I'm headed down the center of a rabbit hole
And if I'm lucky, I will never find my way back home
I'm better off gone If I'm gonna be a chess piece
Don't wanna be a pawn
In this game called life, it's probably best you move on
Cause I have so many demons that I have to prove wrong

Life will take you under if you let it
So don't wonder if you'll get it
Just do you and don't regret it There's a balance, don't upset it
Every challenge, just accept it As a way to gain some credit
For your life, just don't expect it Gotta work for every second
Check yourself before you wreck it
Check your wealth before you're naked
Check your health before you're dead
And ask for help, just don't expect it
Move in stealth and resurrect it Never let them shelf your message
Get it out and never let it go unheard before you exit

I move at the speed of a cheetah Not talking about infidelity either
No, when I bring it, I'm bringing the ether Now I need a breather
I'm drowning in an ocean of thoughts in my head
And visions of the future when I'm in my bed
We wake up with the rooster and do it all again
If time is currency, then we don't have enough to spend
That's why we gotta make friends and make plans and
Take trips, fly away in spaceships
A cat stuck in a glitch, we live in the matrix
If I'm on your playlist, I'm just glad I made it
Cause when we're broken, we get wasted
The taste of defeat, you can really taste it
Sometimes we don't wanna deal with what we're faced with
So we numb the pain, so we don't have to face it
I had to numb my own, so I took it to the basics
And got so high when I heard that snare and bass kick
Everybody comes with a different box of faces
They put a new one on when they go to different places

Life will take you under if you let it
So don't wonder if you'll get it
Just do you and don't regret it There's a balance, don't upset it
Every challenge, just accept it As a way to gain some credit
For your life, just don't expect it Gotta work for every second
Check yourself before you wreck it
Check your wealth before you're naked
Check your health before you're dead
And ask for help, just don't expect it
Move in stealth and resurrect it Never let them shelf your message
Get it out and never let it go unheard before you exit