I cover my eyes on the way down There's nothing to see but the ground I thought I was made up of something else I'm out of reprieve, can I leave now? Holding the hand that's holding me under (You'll never get what you'll never deserve) Hanging in the balance, here I could've been a better man, but I'm not Every time I try, I fear it's insincere Crocodile tears Had to swing my hope down low Cause even if it glitters, ain't gold I know, fools don't So it goes up in smoke when I reach for it I smothered my selfish circadian Pattern of taking a little bit Too much, too often I made my chest a coffin and I tore out a handful from all of it Taking my head all apart again Look too close and miss it Old wounds, shapes that shifted Hanging in the balance, here I could've been a better man, but I'm not Every time I try, I fear it's insincere Crocodile tears Had to swing my hope down low Cause even if it glitters, ain't gold I know, fools don't So it goes up in smoke when I reach for it Every thief in the night Every stone in your shoe All of the ache that you find It traces back to an ocean in you Every thief in the night Every stone in your shoe All of the ache that you find It traces back to an ocean in you Every thief in the night Every stone in your shoe All of the ache that you find It traces back to an ocean in you Hanging in the balance, here I could've been a better man, but I'm not Every time I try, I fear it's insincere Crocodile tears Had to swing my hope down low Cause even if it glitters, ain't gold I know, fools don't So it goes up in smoke when I reach for it (Smoke when I reach for it)