Slip out the Back lyrics

You know me

I used to get caught up in everyday life

Trying to make it through my day so I could sleep at night

Trying to figure out my way through the maze of rights and wrongs

But like you used to say

Nothing feels like it's really worth it

Forget perfect / I'm trying not to be worthless

Since I last saw you I've been looking for a purpose / well

I met this kid who thought like I did

He had a weird way of looking at it

This is what he said

Slip out the back before they

know you were there / and

At the worst you'll see nobody

cares

'Cause you don't wanna be around when it all goes down

Even heroes know when to be

scared

Now / I don't remember where

I met him

Or remember his name

But he walked funny like he was just too big for his frame

Just over five foot / but he weighed a buck fifty

And what he said seemed so right it stuck with me / listen

It's like poker / you can play your best

But you gotta know when to fold your cards and take a rest

And know when to hold your cards / hold your breath and

Hope that nobody else is stacking the deck / because

I don't need to tell you that life isn't fair

It doesn't care

It arbitrarily cuts off your air

And like you / I want someone to say it's okay

In the truest part of our hearts everybody's afraid / we're just

Underappreciated and overwhelmed

Fighting so hard to hide our fear that we're scaring ourselves

You understand what I'm saying / cause you always did

But it's different in the words of a cowardly kid

And I'm no hero

You remember how it was / you know

All I ever did was worry / feeling out of control

To the point where everything was going end over end

I'm spinning around in circles again

This is where you come in

All of this to explain to you why I had to

Separate myself away from

yesterday's life

Please remember

This isn't how I hoped it would be

But I had to protect you from me

That's why I

Slipped out the back before you knew I was there

I know you felt unprepared

But every single time I was around I'd just bring you down

And I could tell that it was time to be scared

That's why I

Slipped out the back before you knew I was there

And I know the way I left wasn't fair

I didn't anna be around just to bring you down

I'm not a hero

But don't think I didn't care

• Artist:Fort Minor
• Album:The Rising Tied