I see who you are and who else can compare I meant what I said I promised to stand by your side Until the end That's where we begin From here to eternity We begin understanding It is our hearts that define What has meaning in life

You bury it, bury it, bury it and rise above I never promised you anything I couldn't do We tried to bury it and rise above, bury it and rise above You, you, you never promised me you were seeing differently Bury it and rise above, bury it and rise above

Got to live for today cause tomorrow ain't promised to me Don't just want a piece I want my whole destiny If you got it, I'm gone take it If you're in it, you're coming with me Bench warmers, get no playing time No sleeping til I cross the line, I'm

I promised you would've liked it She said she wanna be mine She wasn't with it to ride I had to kick her a side I know it just ain't right But baby you was invited She know I be on my grind So I don't really have time To hit you back on time

And why can't you see its tearing away what I used to be Oh, so far from home being shallow and alone I'm a shadow of a soul Anywhere I go, anything I try Anyone I love is compromised Everyone I see, staring on back at me Why can't you let me be I don't

(Open your eyes before you die) We're here because of you We're here because you were there We've arrived from every corner of the planet to this nation To seek the fulfillment of a promise of America We were promised a better life in our home

Almost blue Almost doing things we used to do There's a boy here and he's almost you Almost all the things that your eyes once promised I see in his too Now your eyes are red from crying Flirting with this disaster became me It named me as the fool who

Anything to say you're mine I'm so blue Cause I'm worried over you I, I sometimes wonder Why I never hear from you You promised to write me Each and everyday And I haven't heard from you

Don't love me like he promised He ain't a man and sure as hell ain't honest And if you want a good girl, then goodbye My boy's being sus', he was shady enough, but now he's just a shadow My boy loves his friends like I love my splitends, and by that I

Tearing me inside I wasn't promised a thing You keep mocking me But you will never again Before you know it, after you're gone Giving into what has got me Feeling claustrophobic, scarred Severed me from all emotion