20/20 (On the Outside)

 

So now you find yourself alone.

Now you know what it's like

To sit by the phone

Until the break of dawn

Hoping that someone, anyone, will call.

Now you find yourself out on a road

And not the faintest sign of return

While the final bridge leading back home

Crumbles to ashes as it burns.

But you did it to yourself.

You can't blame anyone else.

Turned your back on all of your friends

And everyone who cares;

You cut all ties with no goodbyes.

Yeah, you did it to yourself.

It's a lonely path, the one you chose;

A page torn from some dark and tragic prose.

You know the story didn't have to go like this.

I'm sure it's not the fate you would've wished...

But you did it to yourself.

You forced your loved ones out

So you could live inside a fence

And it could all have been so different.

When you think of how wrong everything went, 

Remember how much you once meant

To all the people that you met 

And know you did it to yourself.

Even now it's not too late 

To turn a new leaf
And start over on a clean slate.

If there was one thing I wish you knew,

It's that we want the best for you.

But if you decide to shut that door,

Then you really can be sure

We did all we could and more.

And you'll be condemned to endure

The bitter emptiness that's left;

As you sift through the cards you're dealt,

You'll have to face the fact that you...

Did it to yourself.

The happiness you lost

Was the inevitable cost

Of letting ego steer your course.

When you cut folks down without remorse,

You find the higher you climb in your ascent,

The quieter the world around you gets.

Don't expect a miracle 

When you reach the pinnacle

Of your success;

Don't think we're gone 

'Cause we're jealous.

We're happy for you

This much is true

But you've left no room for anyone else.

This isolation is the gift

That you gave to yourself.