Cause it's not the same, stuck under the overpass

Mind's willing to break, but I could've told you that

It's a question of why, you tell me that you were leaving

But as a matter of fact, your heart won't stop its bleeding

Crystal of time, crystal of mind,

Everything you've ever wanted in life,

Feeling the breeze, the world's your oyster

Wouldn't it be nice if you could just shut up and die?

It's not something you do, it's something you take

A great wall of stone, to keep you embraced

You missed your exit, now you've been replaced

It's not all to blame

Like curtains on the wall

Just your heart to taint

Black curtains on the wall

You died yesterday

So you need a place

Somewhere to keep sane

It's stasis

It's nothing to mind, the ringing of an echo's rhyme

You're set for the stars, it's only a matter of time

You have things to do; in the fog of a broken mirror

There lies a soul, if only it were just that clearer

Brilliance of light, brilliance of heart,

Something you thought wouldn't be apart,

Brutal necrosis, the soul's gone decayed

Isn't it a wonder how I haven't fucked off and died?

Your prison's a temple, you've been led astray

In flickering lights, do you think you're the same

Are you there now, do you need to wake?

It's not all the same

Like curtains on the wall

Just something you've made

Black curtains on the wall

You're short of disgrace

But you won't hear them say

The truth in their pace

It's stasis

You're a diamond to sell, that portrait of yours is a dream

But that heart is a well, it's leaking from its seams

Do you think about love, and all of its consequences

Or is your fate like a dove, do you keep hold of your senses

Flaming of day, flaming of soul

A realization you couldn't withhold

Breaking your bones, smashing your skull

Isn't it funny how we never see past the goal?

A murder in motion, your honor, the blade

Is set on your throat, I must speak to obey

Enforce it then, let me know my place

It's some further path

Like curtains on the wall

You'll savor this wrath

Black curtains on the wall

But we're mortal, we're man

If misery's our plan

Why not take a stand

For stasis