Temporary Bandage on a Permanent Wound

Picking at the scab

Scratching at the scar

Nobody knows where you are

All you've built

Career, a home

You're setting fire to the lawn

It's just a temporary bandage

On a permanent wound

Your father's not really your father

And now they're all dead and gone

But you've still got the scars

You're still trying to prove

Who you are

You've tried so hard

To live the story

To make a happy home

But inside, you feel a knocking

This could never be mine

And the flames are something spectacular

Now they'll all feel your wounds

Now you've finally been unmasked

And you've burned your bridges too

It's just a temporary bandage

On a permanent wound

Applause is roaring

But you don't hear a thing

Just that little voice inside of you

It's not enough, it's never enough

Now the only thing you've left to prove

Is that the man you've built

Isn't you

It's just a temporary bandage

On a permanent wound

It's just a temporary bandage

On a permanent wound