Playing by the rules that you set in stone
But the game that I play isn't quite the same
Bouncing in my head but I'm not alone
And the roles are reversed for some more restraint
For all of the time that I've wasted here
Thinking that I had to sacrifice myself
Nothing's all that easy when you're living in fear
Watching as the silence trickles down the well
I'm trying so hard not to rub it in
When all these accusations keep surfacing
I'm really not abusive but I over-react
It's just a balancing act
It's all a balancing act, oh yeah
Watching as your lips stay frozen shut
This matter of opinion leaves you stumbling straight
Trailing in your mind like a paper cut
Your thoughts are always burning 'til they've faded away
In all of the threats you keep throwing around
Wondering when I'd just be falling out of my head
I don't wanna belong and I'm not backing down
For fake validations from the standards I'm fed
I'm trying so hard not to rub it in
When all these accusations keep surfacing
I'm really not abusive but I over-react
It's just a balancing act
It's all a balancing act, oh yeah
Now tell me where to draw the line
Between assurance and revenge
Yeah everything's so fickle here
And I keep struggling to make sense
I keep struggling to make sense
I'm trying so hard not to rub it in
When all these accusations keep surfacing
I'm really not abusive but I over-react
It's just a balancing act
It's all a balancing act, oh yeah
Nothing to say so let's attack
It's all a balancing act, oh yeah