the things i've seen

it takes you in and tears it all out, it tears it all out, but you never know, it takes your life, turns you into someone, and you know it won't be long, someone you'd never know, don't claim that you know me, when you know very well, that i have seen through it all, and don't claim that you know why, when you know everything, when you've seen things for what they were, yeah, inside you feel it taking over, it's taking over, when you feel it most, it draws you in and tears it away, it tears it away, then it leaves you lost, don't claim that you know me, when you know very well, that i have seen through it all, and don't claim that you know why, when you know everything, when you've seen things for what they were, for what they were, oh, oh, for what they were, remember the days when our fears had long since died, and now how they age us, they've taken all our lives, lives, it takes you in and tears it all out, it tears it all out, but you never know, it takes your life, turns you into someone, and you know it won't be long, someone you'd never know, don't claim that you know me, when you know very well, that i have seen through it all, and don't claim that you know why, when you know everything, when you've seen things for what they are, sore again is this old wound, it overshadows everything, and i have seen through it all, ah, ah, yeah, all the things i've seen