I can't keep going on, pretending.
I tried so hard to be strong, no ending.
I have been ignoring for so long, tending.
To messages I won't, be sending.

Cause I am refusing to live as a shadow.
I want to live as a whole.
The honky tonk piano has turned mellow.
Because of you, life feels slow.

How can you be so cruel, making me believe.
In family and love, that there's power to receive.
I am going to kill someone, or I'll end up dead.
Because my only compass, were the words that you said.

How can you be so cruel!
How can you be so cruel!

I can't keep going on, ignoring.
I tried so hard to fill the time, that's boring.
Tending to the wounds i've been, ignoring.
With memories I don't want to keep, storing.

How can you be so cruel, making me believe.
In family and love, that there's power to receive.
I am going to kill someone, or I'll end up dead.
Because my only compass, were the words that you said.

Cause I am refusing to live as a villain.
I want to regain control.
But my broken heart is killing.
I can't be a hero.

How can you be so cruel, making me believe.
In society and care, that there's enough to share.
I am going to kill someone, or I'll end up dead.
Because now my compass, is the words I just said.