Petrified
Mesh
We Collide (2006)

You’re the breath in us two
You’re the test of what’s true
You’re the one that stops them
You become a problem
It’s just a different side
Of the many walls in your mind
The walls with secret panels
Built with knives and hammers

Petrified,
By what you’ve done
And you’ve just begun
I hope you get your way
But what a price to pay

You’re the pain I go through
To get where I need to
You’re the retribution
A sordid institution
It’s just a different way
Of “saving face” as you say
A face that spares no malice
That drinks the poisoned chalice

Petrified,
By what you’ve done
And you’ve just begun
I hope you get your way
But what a price to pay

You take the falling rain
You make the sun that dried it
You shoulder all the blame
You’ve got the strength to hide it
Nail emotions to the door
Remind me who you were before

Petrified...

You are the wheels in motion
A wave of self-promotion
You beat a different drum
The rhythm’s strong but no fun
You are the vengeful hand
The taste is sweet but so bland
You are my one protection
But you try too hard to get them

Petrified,
By what you’ve done
And you’ve just begun
I hope you get your way
But what a price to pay

You take the falling rain
You make the sun that dried it
You shoulder all the blame
You’ve got the strength to hide it
Nail emotions to the door
Remind me who you were before

Petrified,
By what you’ve done
And you’ve just begun
I hope you get your way
But what a price to pay