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It always shows up at your door When you least expect it to Old wounds from your youth Re-introduce themselves to you Do your best impression of yourself A watered down version of the way it felt To be unrecognized, misunderstood, and spelled out In plain letters In plain letters The camera's always on the wrong side of the glass Is there ever a flattering angle of the facts? Well do your best impression of yourself A box within a box in a storage cell Those who tell you what you are, poke an insect in a jar And put it on your name tag In plain letters How does it look when it dries in pen? On your eyes, on your heart, on your emptiness Well you can't be surprised by what you've come expect I hope you find a weakness that you're stronger than I hope you find a weakness that you're stronger than You've got a case of winter that no one's ever seen Is that a new bandage on your knees? Did anybody ask you what was wrong? Or did they stare at you strange when you asked where you belonged? You know you can't defeat it, so you run out to greet it But it looks like a stop sign In plain letters In plain letters How does it look when it dries it in pen? On your eyes, on your heart, on your emptiness Well you can't be surprised by what you've come expect I hope you find a weakness that you're stronger than I hope you find a weakness that you're stronger than I hope you find a weakness that you're- Stronger than It's an illiterate feeling and a slow healing Your world spins like a planet on your ceiling And I wish it was enough to convince you of yourself But it can't be said in- In plain letters In plain letters In plain letters