Slip out the Back
You know meI used to get caught up in everyday lifeTrying to make it through my day so I could sleep at nightTrying to figure out my way through the maze of rights and wrongsBut like you used to sayNothing feels like it's really worth itForget perfect / I'm trying not to be worthlessSince I last saw you I've been looking for a purpose / wellI met this kid who thought like I didHe had a weird way of looking at itThis is what he said
Slip out the back before theyknow you were there / andAt the worst you'll see nobodycares'Cause you don't wanna be around when it all goes downEven heroes know when to bescared
Now / I don't remember whereI met himOr remember his nameBut he walked funny like he was just too big for his frameJust over five foot / but he weighed a buck fiftyAnd what he said seemed so right it stuck with me / listenIt's like poker / you can play your bestBut you gotta know when to fold your cards and take a restAnd know when to hold your cards / hold your breath andHope that nobody else is stacking the deck / becauseI don't need to tell you that life isn't fairIt doesn't careIt arbitrarily cuts off your airAnd like you / I want someone to say it's okayIn the truest part of our hearts everybody's afraid / we're justUnderappreciated and overwhelmedFighting so hard to hide our fear that we're scaring ourselvesYou understand what I'm saying / cause you always didBut it's different in the words of a cowardly kid
And I'm no heroYou remember how it was / you knowAll I ever did was worry / feeling out of controlTo the point where everything was going end over endI'm spinning around in circles againThis is where you come inAll of this to explain to you why I had toSeparate myself away fromyesterday's life
Please rememberThis isn't how I hoped it would beBut I had to protect you from me
That's why ISlipped out the back before you knew I was thereI know you felt unpreparedBut every single time I was around I'd just bring you downAnd I could tell that it was time to be scaredThat's why ISlipped out the back before you knew I was thereAnd I know the way I left wasn't fairI didn't anna be around just to bring you downI'm not a heroBut don't think I didn't care