Bring me your cold and tired (and tired) I wanna bathe them in the fires of my love (fires of my love) Tell me your one desire (desire) I'll show you all the ways you're holding yourself back Holding yourself back (holding yourself back) The days turn into nights Feeding all the doubt inside of me (and I can hardly sleep) Am I just wasting my life waiting for someone to set me free? Won't you set me free? Set me upon a pyre (a pyre) Watch it burn, extirpate all that's left of me Tell me who you admire (admire) I'll show you all the ways you'll never measure up (never measure up) The days turn into nights Feeding all the doubt inside of me (and I can hardly sleep) Am I just wasting my life waiting for someone to set me free? Won't you set me free? ♪ Stare into the abyss, I could not exist Substance fades away, such a slow decay (Wasted all this time) into the abyss, I could not exist (Wasted all this time) substance fades away ♪ When I let go Of all the shame thieving me Of my solace for so long I will know to redefine what it means When I pray for you, I pray for you Empty gardens, sew my name Bury me in tantric sunlight Empty gardens, sew my name Bury me in tantric sunlight I keep on running, I keep on running out I keep on running, I keep on running away I keep on running, I keep on running out I keep on running, I keep on running away It's a light inside of a hidden place At an unknown time in an unkempt space It's a mantra shifting out of phase For a scar that time cannot erase And all along we were told that we would have to wait 'Til we belong and find another way to medicate And all along we were holding onto so much hate When I was wrong, I paid for it with every step I took to seal my fate Stare into the abyss, I could not exist Substance fades away, such a slow decay I cannot maintain the weight upon my name My sickness grows within an empty garden