Alkaline Trio - Balanced On A Shelf lyrics

A somewhat inviting
Very different kind of hell
To live without ever looking at yourself
You see life is so much simpler
When it's balanced on a shelf
That's been hung perfectly placed
There in the sun

Now look at how you're admired by everyone
Who sees you now they know your name
But is it real? All your bad habit's have
Become your life's appeal

And then it's where did you go wrong
Where did you go wrong?
You're screaming where did you go wrong
Where did you go wrong?
Well first of all and worst of all
You looked inside yourself
Didn't care much for what you saw
For what you saw

Can you imagine
Did you ever play with dolls?
You can protect your cotton heart behind
The skin of porcelain walls
You keep staring to your future through
These marble eyes they show
Everything I'm never ever gonna have
That's a giant pill, but swallow if you can

You'll start again
You'll change your name and be reborn
And begin to mend all that has been torn

And then it's where did you go wrong
Where did you go wrong?
You're screaming where did you go wrong
Where did you go wrong?
Well first of all and worst of all
You looked inside yourself
Didn't care much for what you saw
For what you saw