if I could look you in the eye
and pull your memories into mine
do you think I'd change the way I live my life?

and could I call it off the glass
a surprise that wouldn't last
now I'm running from a past I never had

it's a shame the way they treat it like a game
left me with nothing to do
I've got a whole lot of nothing, more than I can use
but nothing's what I can't afford to lose
I'm blinded, single minded, and hardly been unscrewed
nothing's what I can't afford to lose
in pursuit of a delusion and feeling underused
nothing's what I can't afford to lose

it's insane the way they make it seem so plain
left me with nothing to do
I've got a whole lot of nothing, more than I can use
but nothing's what I can't afford to lose

more than sensory perception, victimized by self abuse
nothing's what I can't afford to lose
a classic misdirection, like the flame before the fuse
nothing's what I can't afford to lose
a tragic lack of action with no means to pay the dues
nothing's what I can't afford to lose
blessed with imperfections to keep me out of tune
nothing's what I can't afford to lose.