Y 'all all see
the glitz and the glamour
Y 'all didn't see when I was
under the hammer
Nails in my coffin,
hated life with a passion
Scars from the cuts,
self -inflicted and damaged
Black tar staining up my hands
while I'm dancing
Never thought I would have a
second chance
Then those cuffs saved my life that night,
I'd imagine
Mama left me to kick in a cell,
it was tragic
Thank God God gave grace to an addict
Seven years later now my life is magic
I still have bad dreams
about laying on that mattress
The days made with clips
that were caked in black
And the poison I did
to escape from reality
I'm one of the lucky ones
that escaped my fatality
I OD'd enough times to be ghost
Gone in a moment in a puff of smoke, so I
I know it's not easy
Crossed my heart, hoped to cry
There were some nights
I wish I'd died
Prayed in the dark for a while
The broken wings, they still fly
They still fly, they still fly
They still fly, they still fly
Just cause I'm sober doesn't
mean I'm all better
Sometimes my head is as twisted as ever
Self -hate, am I great?
Am I trash? I can't take
Pieces in the cage,
raging like he ain't eight
But I'm not feeding him, starve him out
Put on these headphones
and drown him out
More diagnosis than the DSM
Thinking you beat it,
then you see it again
Tendencies of a neurotic psychotic
The way the key I sing,
it's almost melodic
But I dance anyway,
in the flames of my demise
In the mirror, see the demons
reflected in my eyes
Tellin' myself, it's all in my mind
But it's hard to do,
cause it's so real at the time
On the borderline of the breaks,
cause I'm borderline
But there's more to me,
and there's more to life
So I
I know it's not easy
I know it's not easy
I know it's not easy
No I know it's not easy
I know it's not easy
I know it's not easy, not easy
Cross my heart, hold tight
There are some nights I wish I'd died
Hurt in the dark for a while
The broken wings, they still fly
They still fly, they still fly
Yeah
If I die before I wake
Then I could end the pain
But if I don't, I'll taste the pain
Man, my wings do fly away
Things like that keep put outweigh
These things I put in the pain
But if I don't, Lord, please, I pray
Man, my wings do fly away
Cross my heart, hope to cry
There are some nights I wish I'd die
Hurt in the dark for a while
Broken wings, they still fly
They still fly
They still fly
They still fly
Yeah
Cross my heart, hope to
I'm next, I wish I died
Red in the dark, for a while
Broken wings, I still fly
They still fly, I still fly