Paper Shields

Verse 1

Look

At

Your

Dirty palms

You drop the heavy vase and blame the floor

The gravity just pulled it from your grip

A little lie you feed yourself once more

A sinking ship

You rot

You hide

Behind the apron strings of mommy dear

You never face the mess you made inside

The monster in the glass is what you fear

With nowhere left to run or try to hide

You point the finger just to save your pride

A coward hides behind a paper shield

Until the truth is finally revealed

Stop acting like a victim of a ghost

You are the one who failed the very most

Chorus

We never did a single thing wrong

We just follow along

The world is far too big and we are small

We just wait for the fall

It's not my fault

It's not my fault

It's not my fault

Verse 2

Stare

Up

At

The empty sky

You claim the sun was burning in your eyes

The reason that you tripped and lost the race

A mountain built of clever little lies

To cover up the shame upon your face

A sorry case

You weep

You moan

The bitter harvest of the seeds you sowed

You think the world owes you a golden throne

While walking down a dark and dusty road

The heavy weight is yours and yours alone

The wind will whistle through your hollow bone

You claim the deck was stacked against your hand

While building castles in the shifting sand

Your backbone is a noodle in the rain

You're just a parasite who feeds on pain

Chorus

We never did a single thing wrong

We just follow along

The world is far too big and we are small

We just wait for the fall

It's not my fault

It's not my fault

It's not my fault

Bridge

Maybe if I cry

Maybe if I try to scream

Someone else will pay the bill

Someone else will take the pill

Hold my hand

I cannot stand

The mirror shows a man who is a ghost

Verse 3

Run

Fast

To

The nearest exit

The fire that you started burns the wall

You say the matches jumped out of the box

And now you watch the ceiling start to fall

While hiding in a pile of dirty socks

The system locks

You fake

You flake

A master of the art of passing blame

You tremble at the smallest little shake

And wrap yourself in blankets made of shame

With every single choice you didn't make

The fragile ice is finally gonna break

A king of nothing on a plastic stool

The world is cruel but you're the bigger fool

Go find a cradle for your heavy head

You're just a walking corpse who's already dead

Chorus

We never did a single thing wrong

We just follow along

The world is far too big and we are small

We just wait for the fall

It's not my fault

It's not my fault

It's not my fault

Outro

I didn't do it

He did it

She did it

They did it

Not me

Never me

The floor was slippery

The sun was bright

I'm just a kid

I'm just a kid