On The Inside
Daughtry Lyrics

Your life is like a crack in the mirror,
Your life is shattered and broken like a crack in a mirror.

Seven years of bad luck, it ain’t gettin better now
You’ve experienced a long period of misfortune and things are not improving.

And after all is said and done
Despite everything that has happened.

Reflection in the window is the same old face
You see the same reflection of yourself in the window every day.

Background, small town
You come from a small town, which is the backdrop to your life.

Everywhere you look around
No matter where you go or what you do, you can’t escape the feeling that something is not right.

Tell me what you’re running from
What is it that you are trying to escape from?

Flip a coin and let it land in your hand,
Take a chance and see where it leads you.

Heads you’re gonna stay, but it’s tails so you can
You were hoping to stay, but the result is not in your favor so you have to leave.

Move to another town
Change your location in the hope of finding a new start.

Hide where you’re sure you won’t be found
Disappear into obscurity so that nobody knows where you are.

But it’s still just you on the inside
Regardless of where you are or who you try to be, you’re still the same person at your core.

You can’t pretend, it’ll be alright
You can’t fool yourself into thinking that everything is okay when it’s not.

Said it to yourself, but you know it’s just a lie
You’ve told yourself that things will get better, but deep down you know it’s not true.

Cause it’s still just you on the inside
No matter how hard you try to change, you’re still the same person on the inside.

Nothing faster than the speed of your leavin
You’re leaving quickly and nothing can stop you.

Hundred miles an hour and there ain’t no slowin down
You’re moving so fast that you can’t stop or slow down.

But you can’t outrun yourself
No matter how fast you run, you can’t escape who you are.

You can say you fit in like a joker in the deck, but now
You’ve always felt like an outsider, but you’ve been trying to blend in lately.

You’re skippin like a broken record goin round
You keep repeating the same mistakes and behaviors over and over again.

And you’re the last to ask for help
Despite struggling, you’re too proud or stubborn to ask for help from others.

It’s never really been an question of how far
It’s not a matter of how far you go or where you run, it’s about who you are as a person.

At the end and every destination
No matter where you go or how your journey ends.

There you are
You can’t escape yourself, no matter where you go or what you do.

No matter how you sell it, you know it’s just a lie
Even if you try to convince yourself otherwise, you know that it’s not true.

(You can try to change your name, you know you’ll always be the same)
Even if you change what you call yourself, you’re still the same person underneath it all.

(You can try to run and hide, you’ll always be the same inside)
No matter how much you try to escape, you can’t change who you are at your core.