The anger, 
The pressure
You're choking down your words again
Feel the nerves set in

Unspoken frustration
They see right through you
Paper thin, 
Like the ghost within

A heart that feels no pain
Addicted to the game
Breaking beneath the strain

I am paralyzed

The stare of a stranger
Is like a wound that bleeds again
Silent as the dead

The victim, 
The martyr
Like Daniel in the lion's den
Time and time again

A heart that feels no pain
Addicted to the game
Breaking beneath the strain

I am paralyzed
I am paralyzed

A heart that feels no pain
Addicted to the game
Relentless mental drain
What do you stand to gain?

Viewing life through such a narrow, 
fractured lens
Will ensure you end up on the losing end

Breaking beneath the strain

I am paralyzed
I am paralyzed

I am paralyzed
I am paralyzed

I am paralyzed