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(feat. Linkin Park) You know me, I used to get caught up in everyday life Trying to make it through the..., so I can sleep at night Tried to figure out my way through the maze Of rights and wrongs, but like you used to say, Nothing feels like it's really worth it, forget perfect! I'm trying not to be worthless Since I last saw you I been looking for a purpose Well, I met this kid who thought like I did He had a weird way of looking at it This is what he said! Slip out the back before they know you were there And at the worst you'll see nobody cares, Cause you don't wanna be around when it all goes down Even heroes know when to be scared! Slip out the back before they know you were there And at the worst you'll see nobody cares, Cause you don't wanna be around when it all goes down Even heroes know when to be scared! Slip out the back before they know you were there And at the worst you'll see nobody cares, Cause you don't wanna be around when it all goes down Even heroes know when to be scared! SongtexteNow I don't remember where I met him or remember his name, But he walked funny like he was just too big for his frame Just over five foot but he weighed a above fifty And what he said just seemed so right,t it stuck with me Listen, it's like poker! You can play your best, but you got to know when to fold your cards And take a rest And know when to hold your cards and hold your breath, And hope that nobody else is stacking the deck, Because I don't need to tell you that life isn't fair, It doesn't care, it arbitrarily cuts off your air, and like You I want someone to say it's OK But in the truest parts of our hearts everybody's afraid We just unappreciated and overwhelmed Fighting so hard to hide our fear that were scaring ourselves You understand when I'm saying, cause you always did But it's different in the words of a cowardly kid Slip out the back before they know you were there And at the worst you'll see nobody cares, Cause you don't wanna be around when it all goes down Even heroes know when to be scared! I'm no hero, you remember how I was, you know All I ever did was worry, feeling out of control To the point where everything was going end over end I'm spinning around in circles again This is where you come in! All of this to explain to you why I had to separate myself away from yesterday's life Please remember this isn't how I hoped it would be, But I had to protect you from me! That's why I slipped out the back before they know I was there I know you felt unprepared But every single time I was around, I just bring you down And I could tell that it was time to be scared! That's why I slipped out the back before you knew I was there And I know the way I left wasn't fair I didn't want to be around just to bring you down I'm not a hero but don't think I didn't care! I also represent anyone on the receiving end of those jokes you offend I'm the nightmare you fell asleep and then woke up still in I'm your karma closing in with each stroke of a pen Perfect time to have some remorse to show for your sin Nope, it's hopeless! I'm the denial that you're hopelessly in! When they say all of this is approaching its end But you refuse to believe that it's over, Here we go all over again! Backs to the wall, I'm stacking up all them odds Toilets clogged, yeah cause I'm talking a lot of shit But I'm backing it all up But in my head there's a voice in the back And it hollers after the track is demolished "I am your lack of a conscience" I'm the ringing in your ears, I'm the polyps on the back of your tonsils Eating your vocal chords after your concerts I'm your time that's almost up that you haven't acknowledged Grab for some water, but I'm that pill that's too jagged to swallow I'm the bullies you hate, That you became with every faggot you slaughtered Coming back on you, every woman you insult, Batter, but the double-standards you have When it comes to your daughters I represent everything You take for granted cause Marshall... the rapper's persona's half a facade And .... and Stan's just symbolic Of you not knowing what you had 'till it's gone Cause after all the... and the glam No more fans that are calling your name, Cameras are off, sad, but it happens to all of them I'm the hindsight to say, 'I told you so!' Foreshadows of all the things that are to follow I'm the future that's here to show you what happens tomorrow If you don't stop after they call ya Biggest laughing stock of rap who can't call it quits When it's time to walk away, I'm every guilt trip The baggage you have, but as you gather up all your possessions, If there's anything you have left to say, Unless it makes an impact, then don't bother So 'fore you rest your case, better make sure you're packing the... ! So one last time, I'm back, Before it fades into black and it's all Over, behold the final chapter in a saga Trying to recapture that lightning trapped in a bottle Twice, the magic that started It all, tragic portrait of an artist tortured, Trapped in his own drawings Tap into thoughts blacker and darker Than anything imaginable, Here goes a wild stab in the dark.... I slipped out the back before they know I was there I know you felt unprepared But every single time I was around, I just bring you down And I could tell that it was time to be scared! That's why I slipped out the back before you knew I was there And I know the way I left wasn't fair I didn't want to be around just to bring you down I'm not a hero but don't think I didn't care! That's why I slipped out the back before you knew I was there And I know the way I left wasn't fair I didn't want to be around just to bring you down I'm not a hero but don't think I didn't care! Aus Songtexte Mania