Standing Defeated


Charged to be running
With a beauty so stunning
A prisoner shackled in chains, it's all the same

Waking up shaking
With this force overtaking
As the sympathy's starting to wane, it's in my brain

But that was the problem, When it seemed we had lost 'em
That's when we both grew apart

A chance we could take, a habit to break
A mistake we ignored from the start

So here I stand, and I'm defeated
The cycle's abused and the pattern's repeated
But I'm not waiting, maybe I'm shaking
Standing defeated, while slowly she's fading
Down until she's out
Down until she's out

From her dreams she awakens
Still startled and shaken
As a voice filters in through her mind, A valentine

My reputation's been altered
Because my silence insults her
She says that it's harder to find, we've crossed the line

So as my conscience protests, a heavy weight on my chest
Is in place of where she rested her head

They said it was love, shooting stars up above
But now they're just shooting it dead

So here I stand, and I'm defeated
The cycle's abused and the pattern's repeated
But I'm not waiting, maybe I'm shaking
Standing defeated, while slowly she's fading
Down until she's out
Down until she's out

I wanted to get there
But now it's too late
No reasons to struggle
So I'll stay in my place

Maybe she's leaving
Or maybe she'll stay
I'll never know
I'll never know

So here I stand, and I'm defeated
The cycle's abused and the pattern's repeated
But I'm not waiting, maybe I'm shaking
Standing defeated, while slowly she's fading
Down until she's out
Down until she's out

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