Cost Me Everything

[Intro] [Verse 1] Sunrise finds me starin' at these four walls again Whisperin' to shadows, callin' out for an old friend The coffee's cold and bitter, like the taste inside my mouth Remember when my thoughts were clear, headin' south by north? Started seein' doubles where there only was the one Hearin' phantom voices tellin' me what I should've done That dusty road to crazy, yeah, I took it step by step While everything I cherished, Lord, it quietly just crept away [Chorus] Yeah, losin' my mind cost me everything I ever loved Like driftwood on the river, washed away by the flood My reason took a vacation, left my heart in the cold Now I'm payin' the price in stories left untold That slow burnin' madness, like a fever in the bone Left me standin' empty, reapin' seeds that I had sown Losin' my mind cost me everything I ever loved Yeah, everything I ever loved [Verse 2] I pushed away the steady hands that tried to pull me back Saw deception in the kindness, found an enemy in the lack Of understanding what was whirlin' 'round inside my skull Just a tumbleweed of worry, spinnin' out beyond control Missed the birthdays and the anniversaries, lost track of time and place Saw suspicion in her blue eyes, saw a stranger in her face 'Til the silence in the bedroom grew louder than the rain And the emptiness between us turned into a permanent stain [Chorus] Yeah, losin' my mind cost me everything I ever loved Like driftwood on the river, washed away by the flood My reason took a vacation, left my heart in the cold Now I'm payin' the price in stories left untold That slow burnin' madness, like a fever in the bone Left me standin' empty, reapin' seeds that I had sown Losin' my mind cost me everything I ever loved Yeah, everything I ever loved [Bridge] The doctor called it episodes, the preacher called it sin I just called it drownin' in the noise beneath my skin I chased imaginary demons down a one-way, d**d-end street While the real love of my life was walkin' out on silent feet Now the house just holds an echo, and the phone don't ever ring A hollow kind of freedom is the only song I sing [Chorus] Yeah, losin' my mind cost me everything I ever loved Like driftwood on the river, washed away by the flood My reason took a vacation, left my heart in the cold Now I'm payin' the price in stories left untold That slow burnin' madness, like a fever in the bone Left me standin' empty, reapin' seeds that I had sown Losin' my mind cost me everything I ever loved Yeah, everything I ever loved... Sarah... everything. [Outro]