Half Life

All we have are visions
Of times we held in our minds
What we had just lingers
In a half-life shell we once shared
Straining love from the pulp of life
Dancing on the puppet's wire
Lost in the role but you don't know why
It goes on and on and on

All my defenses drop away
I found home but was left astray
Living a nightmare that came from a dream
Brewing my hate and its bursting

I'm alone today
Trapped in these four walls with demons you can't see
I'm alone today
Waiting for words from your lips that you won't say

Gone are the days
Of my youth in the sun
Lost all my feelings
And my senses have been numbed
Try to see the bright side
and salvage what once was
A long road behind me
And a road ahead unknown

All my defenses drop away
I found home but was left astray
Living a nightmare that came from a dream
Brewing my hate and its bursting

I'm alone today
Trapped in these four walls with demons you can't see
I'm alone today
Waiting for words from your lips that you won't say
I'm alone today
Stuck in a rut by a promise that never came
I'm alone today
Holding my tongue while my world just stays the same

Some sort of sign, dividing line
That staked a claim between you and I
Is it too late to let go of hate
When I look into your eyes

Turn the blue into black
Make a stone of your heart
Let the feelings just subside
Take me to the undertow

Once upon a time a love
Once upon a time a life
Once upon a time a future
When did we give up the fight?

I can't take the pain living in this half-life
I can't make it go away living in this half-life
Can we ever find our way living in this half-life?
Or maybe we'll forever stay living in this half-life

All the years we had erased
In it's place this madness
All the joys that we have shared
In it's place resentment
What's the point of even trying
We're resigned to our fate
So we sit in silent comfort
Sowing the seeds of hate

Once upon a time a love
Once upon a time a life
Once upon a time a future
When did we give up the fight?

I can't take the pain of living in this half-life
I can't make it go away living in this half-life
Can we ever find our way living in this half-life?
Or maybe we'll forever stay living in this half-life

I don't want to burst your bubble
I don't want to steal your thunder
But our lives our hinged on these four words
Now it finally come right down to me

Sum up all my courage
Fueled by my rage
Play out every ending
With all the right words to say
Looking into your eyes
Like a soul who's lost there way
Losing all forward momentum
And bravado falls away

All my defenses drop away
I found home but was left astray
Living a nightmare that came from a dream
Brewing my hate and its bursting
I'm in a prison locked away
I found the key but I'm too afraid
Thinking a lifetimes not long to wait
Love won't get better so I'll just stay

I'm alone today
Trapped in these four walls with demons you can't see
I'm alone today
Waiting for words from your lips that you won't say
I'm alone today
Stuck in a rut by a promise that never came
I'm alone today
Holding my tongue while my world just stays the same