I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real

The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything

What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Oh, everyone I know
Goes away in the end
And you can have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
That I cannot repair

Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
Oh, you are someone else
That I am still right here

What have I become?
My sweetest friend
When everyone I know
Goes away in the end
And you can have it all
My empire of dirt
Oh, I will let you down
Oh, I will make you hurt
That if I can start again
A million miles away
Well, I would keep myself
Oh, I would find a way
And you can have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt