I’ve swallowed myself but the fever remains I’m numb to the pleasure but still feel the pain If I showed you my soul, would you cover your eyes? If I told you the truth, would you dare me to lie? I keep it all inside because I know that man is every thing but kind Voices in my head again Beating me in a war I can't win I can hear them now Trapped in a game inside my own skin And I don't know myself anymore They're pulling me under Voices As I walk through this valley of shadows and death I curse not the “wicked”, I praise not the “blessed” If I told you the truth, you’d beg me to change If fear were a currency, you’d own the bank I don’t want to live so calloused and frozen / ugly and hopeless I don’t want to live forever, I just want to live right now You can’t take me from me Voices in my head again Beating me in a war I can't win I can hear them now Trapped in a game inside my own skin And I don't know myself anymore They're pulling me under Voices I keep it all inside because I know that man is everything but kind