Empty Promises

It's been years since the last time I picked up my phone
All my friends think I'm dead
It's been years since I opened the door
I feel better alone locked inside my head

I'm getting older, getting tired
Of this one thing I can't ignore
It seems that I don't belong here
(This should have been)

I keep telling myself it's the nightmares that made my hands shake
Not the substances I am abusing, no
No great depression, no great war, no purpose or place
Only fear you feel knowing, you'll be left on the roadside
Was I born too early?
(Or too late?)

This should have been a better place
Still we are digging our own graves
In your empty promises (your promises)
How can we put on a happy face?
Knowing there is no escape from the ruins
Of your empty promises

This should have been a better place
This should have been a better place
This should have been a better place

I'm not sure will I ever return from this battlefield
Everyone steps on, yet no one survives
This is a war and our spirits are spare
We don't belong here
We don't belong here
We are dead men walking
We are dead men
(This should have been)

This should have been a better place
Still we are digging our own graves
In your empty promises (your promises)
How can we put on a happy face?
Knowing there is no escape from the ruins
Of your empty promises