good genes from a good family
blue blood and a proud pedigee
they'd given all they could give
expectations to outlive
all full, too tired to lie
plain sick of ma's apple-pie
approaching critical mass
fractured just like glass

contain - if in doubt bring out the novocane
conceal - never disclose just how you feel

but what great sacrifice
lies behind those layers of ice
was the guilty face that was hid
just an ugly display of the ID ?
the front cracks from the strain
there's just no way to explain [bad word] vague,uncertain and blurred
a silence louder than words

contain - if in doubt bring out the novocaine
conceal - never disclose just how you feel

when life feels clandestine,the action is always offscreen
your eyes will never see the stumps on this amputee
this amputee.. [bad word] out of control
full bore into the hole
all set,primed to implode
sensory overload
where there once was a plan
a talking head to trepan
momentum ground to a halt
stalemate by default