My Own Grave Lyrics - As I Lay Dying

The lies, the weight, deceit, decay 

[Intro - Tim Lambesis] 

The lies, the weight 

It's clear I lost my way 

Deceit, decay 

Decomposing 

[Verse 1 - Tim Lambesis] 

I thought I was an architect but I was just moving dirt 

Stacking mud over malice covered-up forming nothing but a pile of hurt 

I hadn't been building (building) 

The time was spent digging (digging) 

Boring the barriers that kept others away (away) 

The deeper the walls the less anyone could hear (hear me) fall 

So now I know there is no one else to blame 

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[Chorus - Josh Gilbert and *Tim Lambesis*] 

Buried alive inside of my own grave 

And there's no one else to blame 

Buried alive inside of my own grave 

*Inside of my own grave* 

[Verse 2 - Tim Lambesis] 

Beneath my lies 

Delusional enough to think I'd designed something great 

Like a giant headstone inscribed to describe my shameful fate 

I hadn't been building (building) 

The time was spent digging (digging) 

An ugly truth from which there was no way to escape (escape) 

Nowhere left to hide and then finally forced to face what I'd become 

[Chorus - Josh Gilbert and *Tim Lambesis*] 

Buried alive inside of my own grave (*My grave*) 

And there's no one else to blame 

Buried alive inside of my own grave (*My grave*) 

What I'd become 

Buried alive inside of my own grave 

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[Bridge - Tim Lambesis] 

Beneath my pride crushing me 

Beneath my lies collapsing 

But we are still alive 

We are still alive 

[Chorus - Josh Gilbert and *Tim Lambesis*] 

Buried alive inside of my own grave 

And there's no one else to blame 

Buried alive inside of my own grave 

My own grave 

Buried alive inside of my own grave 

And there's no one else to blame 

The lies and the weight, I know I lost my way (*my way*) 

What I'd become 

Buried alive inside of my own grave (*my grave*) 

And there's no one else to blame 

Buried alive... buried *alive* 

Finally forced to face what I'd become 

What I'd become in my own grave (buried) 

In my own grave (alive)