You know me, I used to get caught up in
everyday life
Tried to make it through my day so I could sleep
at night
Tried to figure out my way through the maze
Of rights and wrongs, but like you used to say
Nothing feels like it's really worth it
Forget perfect, I'm trying not to be worthless
Since I last saw you I been looking for a purpose
Well I met this kid who thought like I did
He had a weird way of looking at it
This is what he said
Slip out the back before they know you were
there
And at the worst you'll see nobody cares
Cos you don't wanna be around when it all goes
down
Even heroes know when to be scared
Slip out the back before they know you were
there
And at the worst you'll see nobody cares
Cos you don't wanna be around when it all goes
down
Even heroes know when to be scared
I don't remember where I met him or remember
his name
But he walked funny like he was just too big for
his frame
Just over five foot but he weighed a buck fifty
And what he said just seemed so right it stuck
with me
Listen its like poker you can play your best
But you got to know when to fold your cards and
take a rest
And know when to hold your cards and hold your
breath
And hope that nobody else is stacking the deck
because
I don't need to tell you that life isn't fair, it
doesn't care
It arbitrarily cuts off your air, and like you I want
someone to say its OKAY
But in the truest parts of our hearts everybody's
afraid
But just underappreciated and overwhelmed
Fighting so hard to hide our fear that were
scaring ourselves
You understand when I'm saying that you always
did
But its different in the words of a cowardly kid
Slip out the back before they know you were
there
And at the worst you'll see nobody cares
Cos you don't wanna be around when it all goes
down
Even heroes know when to be scared
Slip out the back before they know you were
there
And at the worst you'll see nobody cares
Cos you don't wanna be around when it all goes
down
Even heroes know when to be scared
I'm no hero, you remember how I was, you know
All I ever did was worry, feeling out of control
To the point where everything was going end
over end
I'm spinning around in circles again
This is where you come in
All of this to explain to you why
I had to separate myself away from yesterday's
life
Please remember this isn't how I hoped it would
be
But I had to protect you from me
Thats why I slipped out the back before you
knew I was there
I know you felt unprepared
But every single time I was around I just bring
you down
And I could tell that it was time to be scared
Thats why I slipped out the back before you
knew I was there
And I know the way I left wasn't fair
I didn't want to be around just to bring you down
I'm not a hero but don't think I didn't care
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