erased

break me in, teach us to cheat.
and to lie, cover up,
what shouldn't be shared.
and the truth's unwinding,
scraping away at my mind.
please stop asking me to describe.

for one moment
i wish you'd hold your stage
with no feelings at all.
open minded,
i'm sure i used to be so free.

self expressed, exhausting for all
to see and to be
what you want and what you need.
the truth's unwinding,
scraping away at my mind.
please stop asking me to describe

for one moment
i wish you'd hold your stage,
with no feelings at all.
open minded,
i'm sure i used to be so free.

for one moment,
i wish you'd hold your stage
with no feelings at all.
open minded,
i'm sure i used to be so free.

wash me away,
clean your body of me,
erase all the memories...
they will only bring us pain.
and i've seen, all i'll ever need.

muse, citizen erased, in the album origin of symmetry, 2001