Stand Alone Complex (feat. Micah Kinard from Oh, Sleeper)

Was I damned from the start
 Or just when their marriage fell apart?

 Come back in time
 Take Hell’s flames out of my eyes
 I’m setting fire to everyone and everything
 It burns beneath my skin
 Sending smoke signals to Heaven
 For Him to save me 
 It would stain Heaven’s gates
 The pearls will never be replaced
 They serve as a reminder
 His children still suffer
 Come on

 Does my “try” make God blush?
 Does my heart still decay?
 Does it still rust?
 Cause I feel that all my gears are starting to dry
 It’s beginning to be too much for me
 Oh,life, how could you be so cruel to me?

 Cut me some slack
 And I’ll pick up everything I lack
 If you’d grant me this strength then 
 I’ll return it to you by a thousand fold
 Dear brother, though our mothers are not one 
 We share a father 
 He never wished the weight you spit to be collared on your own
 You cast your fault, project the loss
 But reflections must mirror the victor your heart longs to honor
 The fact remains that His flawlessness waits to except only utter surrender 
 And he’s extending his arms
 Mom come home when you can
 I swear Dad has changed he’s still a good man

 If I’m wrong I’ll hold my head high
 I’ll let God
 Spit in my face
 I know you would still grab the flame
 If I burn 
 I know you’d still grab the flame