"The Story" lyrics - ENVY OF NONE

I try to be better
Look ahead
I'm dead in the depth of my reflection
How can I see through the center?
I'm a fool to think that I could figure it out

These walls are caving in
But I won't notice till the cracks begin
To break into my spine
And take the shape of every line

Every line
Every line
Shape my mind

If I could be a better version of me
I'd step into a mirror and come back clean
If I could turn the deadfall into green
I'd be the hero of the story

But I turn into a villain
When I hurt myself again
And I cannot seem to find the strength
To wield that pen
And change
Myself
Enough
To break
The mold
That I am in

I wanna be changing
It's a shell
A shield
A cycle that I can't break

Tell myself that I can
A lie
I try a repeated phrase in my brain

These walls are caving in
And I won't notice till the cracks begin
To break into my spine
And take the shape of every -

If I could be a better version of me
I'd step into a mirror and come back clean
If I could turn the deadfall into green
I'd be the hero of the story

But I turn into a villain
When I hurt myself again
And I cannot seem to find the strength
To wield that pen

I wanna be the hero
Please
I wanna be the hero
Please

(I wanna come back clean)

Don't wanna look in the mirror till I can be
Don't wanna look in the mirror till I know that I'm clean

I wanna be the hero of the story
But I turn into a villain