If i can grin it, then you can bear it.
I may not win it but I can share it.
I can manage it all, I swear it.
So just take that hair shirt and wear it.
Don’t back me into a corner;
I’m all angles and teeth
And I’m not afraid to show ‘em.

These are desperate times we’re living in;
Survival of the fittest men
There’s a devil slumb’ring beneath my skin
If you jostle me you might just wake it again
Don’t touch me; I’m all coiled up
Teeth out, claws sharpened,
Ready to spring into action.

Don’t push me; I’m all rattles and venom
But I could shed that skin if you’d only let me try!

Take those bloodied blades and clean them.
While the creature was slain in the mayhem,
I had no idea I’d become him.
I’d eat my own tail to destroy him.
I’d rip out my own heart in order to grieve,
But if you can’t beat ‘em
Then maybe it’s time you should leave ‘em.

I’ll hiss and I’ll scream like a banshee on fire
But I can tell you one thing; you’ll never see me cry!

And in the night alone I’ll crumble
Pugnacious as they come;
But when all is said and over and done,
It’s all just one big terrible sum
Of the wasp on the window
The chip in the glass
The crack that’s moving up the wall
Straining and breaking
Under the weight of it
Making a goddamn scene of it
I’m a meteor falling to earth,
Burning up on all sides.
Stumbling and tumbling over the words,
Won’t reach the ground alive.
Yes, I’m a meteor, falling to earth,
Burning up on all sides
Stumbling and fumbling over the words
Too late to apologize.