truth be told

there's nothing good within me, if i'm honest, and if i'm honest, there are times, i will try, to dress up all my darkness, and make it seem like it was light, all along, but it's a lie, if truth be told, i'm nothing, on my own, the only thing i know for sure, is that i don't know a thing, to be sure, if you only knew, what i've been prone to do, you'd run far and fast away, from me, oh god, hear my plea, cause all i see, is this darkness that is buried, within me, so darling don't dare trust me, if i say i'm ok, if truth be told, i do the things, that i hate everyday, anyway, if ever i may think, myself to be more than a wretched man, forgive me, and please don't let me, ruin myself once again with these chains, that i cannot sever, i'll do whatever it takes just to make sure, my head stays above, this water that is filling my lungs, if only i could do, the good i want to do, i'd leave this place forever, and i would never, turn back around just to fight this old war, because i'm broken and i'm begging, for something more