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