You may try to follow
You may try to reason me out
You may try to save me
But you can never understand
The way I have burned
The way I have burned
For years
For years
The sound of approaching violence
the pounding hammers of depression
the stifling sense of pressure
Something you can never understand
And Love may offer a brief relief
(But there's) no release from this velvet chokehold
And light may scatter the darkest storm
(But there's) no release from this velvet chokehold
You may try to reason me out
You may try to save me
But you can never understand
The way I have burned
The way I have burned
For years
For years
The sound of approaching violence
the pounding hammers of depression
the stifling sense of pressure
Something you can never understand
And Love may offer a brief relief
(But there's) no release from this velvet chokehold
And light may scatter the darkest storm
(But there's) no release from this velvet chokehold