Lyrics Manic Heart Disease - Hit the Switch

Manic Heart Disease

Can’t stop the hell you said but you didn’t even try
And what reasons did you use to make it seem alright
And it’s been getting old and I’m not fighting for your time
It’s just that I want to get by
So I’ll just keep myself inside
'cause no one needs to know about the old critical me
There’s unstoppable sadness
And I’m not moving on with it I know
There’s still this pain and guilt I feel within we all should know
Just what it’s like to live like them
To really need help and never get it
Not that it matters quite as much to me
I know I’m not the same
And all of the time I spent alone
I still lost myself to this
And when I look back
I want to know that I did what I could with this
To give all I can give
In someone’s last defense
I know we’re not incapable
We just dismiss the warning signs
We’re so detached from feeling what they might
Excused from the collective guilt
The margin shifts
But no one stops to give a shit
So I won’t force a smile
When everyone is having so much fun
It just doesn’t feel right
I can’t forget why everything’s so sad
And it’s digging out my heart
Until nothing’s left
The house we built within stands in contempt
Then I felt so ashamed
We took all we’re allowed
Gave nothing back
I pray for wild teeth
Cut right across my neck
Spill my insides
Are worth way more than I’m meant to keep
And when I’m gone it’s not in vein
Their lives are not ours to forsaken
When all your good intentions aren’t enough
And I can’t help but feel like giving up
'cause I can’t be the one to pick you up
(To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get
used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you.
To seek joy in the saddest places.
To pursue beauty to its lair.
To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple.
To respect strength, never power.
Above all, to watch.
To try and understand.
To never look away.
And never, never to forget.)
Some were all lost some way out there
Somewhere those lost their hope and care
And some hold on instead
Left open all gather to stare
Their eyes tell stories going nowhere
The point fades in and out of view
This wasn’t meant for us to take
Can’t put it back once it’s been changed
The more I try I learn how not to
Run away from all my problems
Pulling back to find what caused them all this time
I just kept it to myself in fear of
Everything that’s left
It falls apart and I’m not strong enough to
Keep the dark at bay
This is where I remain
I won’t let you know
I’ll stay here alone
I’m stuck in this place that’s never been home
And I’m still here all alone
It never changed these outer shells
Won’t keep me warm at night
Where resentment and silence grow
I know that this all falls on me
And I can’t be here for you
When it comes apart
I have let you down
Just tell me what you need
And as it softly puts you down to sleep
And all you have to do is die here next to me
When we both lie beneath
This crumbled world is obsolete
And fading out as we reached the edge
I still hold you close to me for one last time
Then we both drift aside