For you I could recognize myself You tore me in two, now I'm someone else The times you found me weak and took me underneath I failed to cast aside the voice of disbelief Come back into these arms, is what you begged of me Commit to sacrifice, I'm crying to be free Whoa-oh, didn't they try to tell me? No-oh, they can't hear me now Before you I recognized myself You tore me in two, now I'm someone else Who can't go on, not the way you do 'Cause I'm falling, turning black and blue Before you, I believed The fire and light you choked and drowned inside of me In toxic waves as far as naked eyes could see I'd give anything to get it all back now that it's too far gone And everyone talks but nobody knows the shadow that I've become Before you I recognized myself You tore me in two, now I'm someone else Who can't go on, not the way you do 'Cause I'm falling, turning black and blue Before you No one, nowhere, nothing left to turn to No more trying to fight for souls to burn through Behind forsaken skies, behind these clouded eyes There was no place to hide away from you With every step and stride to get away My foolish heart and useless brain Before you I could recognize myself You tore me in two, now I'm someone else Before you I could recognize myself You tore me in two, and now I'm someone else Who can't go on, not the way you do 'Cause I'm falling, turning black and blue Before you, I believed