What do I do to ignore what's behind me? Do I follow my fate and escape blindly? Do I hide my pride away from these bad dreams And give into sad thoughts that are maddening? Do I let it go and try to stand it? Or do I try to catch them redhanded? Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness? Or do I trust nobody and live life in lonliness? The sunlight burns the skin of sleeping men I make the right turns but I'm lost within I put on my daily fa?ade but then I just end up gettin' hurt again [pre-chorus:] By myself (Myself) I ask why (but in my mind I find) I can't rely on myself (Myself) I ask why (but in my mind I find) I can't rely on myself [chorus]: I can't hold on To what I want when I'm stretched so thin It's all too much to take in I can't hold on To anything watchin' everything spin With thoughts of failure sinking in If I turn my back I'm defenseless And to give in to fate seems senseless If I hide my pride and let it all go on Then they'll take from me 'til everything is gone If I let them go I'll be outdone But if I try to catch them I'll be outrun If I'm k**ed by the questions like a cancer Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer... [pre-chorus and chorus] How do you think That I've lost so much I'm always afraid That I'm out of touch How do you expect That I will know what to do When all I know Is what you tell me to Don't you (know) I can't tell you how to make it (go) No matter what I do, how hard I (try) I can't seem to convince myself (why) I'm stuck on the outside [x2] [chorus] I can't hold on To what I want when I'm stretched so thin It's all too much to take in I can't hold on To anything watchin' everything spin With thoughts of failure from with...(in)