You thought you could kill them with kindness but you’ll never be like them
Your chase for normality has turned into one of your vices
In the dead of night these dormant thoughts come to life
I am everything you’ve come to fear, the parts of you that you could no longer hide
So feel our wrath, you won’t be able to drown us out much longer
We are the voices in your head that have come back with a vengeance
We are claiming what is ours, your delusions of grandeur
Nothing will save you now, not even the medication

I’ve (You’ve) been so careful to not slip up, slip up
I (You) can’t (can) just readily give up, give up
I (You) don’t (do) care what the voices say
I (You) just (don’t) want them to go away

I am an enigma, an unsolvable mystery even to me
When these demons go tit for tat they leave me in misery
I’m fifty different shades of black, all tattered and worn
I’ve got a straightjacket on my heart; it’s frayed and torn
I’m just a composite of my delusions, matriculated preclusions
When it’s all said and done, I’m a compilation of contusions
I’m broken in more ways than I can count, but do not count me out
Cuz I’m the king of comebacks when life tries to knock me down

I am the frail mind that you can no longer hide
I am all that you fear coming to life
I am those thoughts of suicide that plague your mind
I am the dormant inhibitions that fuel your plight
I am everything you hoped that would never happen
I am what you wouldn’t even wish on your enemies
I am the darkest dreams that have become reality
I am the skeletons in the closet you were romancing

Why do I kill myself with these words I write?
Listen Armando; you’re not sleeping tonight
Sometimes I wonder why I even bother to fight
Just let us take control of your life
I have always been plagued by a fragile mind
Your mind is ours for the taking this time
I’m entrenched in these thoughts that fill me with life
The kind of life to drag you down and out of sight
But I’m trying not to play the victim this time
We wouldn’t even exist if you weren’t alive
It looks like all roads lead to my demise
You’re finally getting the bigger picture this time
I guess I’m not meant to be happy in this life
You always look to escape when these patterns arise
I think it’s about time I gave up on life
We think it’s about time that you resigned

Did you really think I was going out like that?
When these demons bite, I bite back
I’m even stronger than everyone else thinks
I am the king of my own tattered dreams
I’ll never be normal; what does normal mean?
I wouldn’t trade my life for a bit of normalcy
If it means I’m giving up what makes me – me
I’m only as free as I let myself be
You see me as weak, I see me as free
I’m worth my weight in what I let you see
Sometimes these voices get the best of me
But I’ll win this war in the end, you’ll see
I am a collection of ideas formed into a man
And this man is not afraid to demand respect
I’ve learned numerous ways to circumvent
The delusions that my own mind projects
I am everything that you’d be afraid to be
A person tied to no one and nothing
I am everything that you wish you could be
Comfortable in your abnormality
There’s a certain strength in the darkness that we see
Hidden underneath the throes of agony
Hell hath no fury like a head like mine
But I’d like to think the psychotropic’s keep me in line
I used to think no one could love a mess like me
But I don’t want your love if it comes with conditions
I used to try to find peace in all the wrong things
Now I’m finding it in myself
I’ve been through hell and back that’s for sure
But I made it out of the pit on my own terms
I’m no longer playing the part of self-saboteur
Here’s your ticket, you’ve may now enter my world