I want you all to know   The way I feel inside   The emptiness, the nothing that's beneath all of my lies   And now I'm looking through manipulating eyes   I create my own universe just to get by      The price you pay   To gain control   To feel the flames   To lose your soul      (Chorus)   And if only everyone would change   And if only you would just see things my way   And if only you would just get with my plan   Things would not get out of hand   And if only...      I lift myself above   This ordinary life   Reality is left out on a limb to rot and die   And now I'm sifting through   The truth that I despise   The me you know is sheltered by the wool over your eyes      The price you pay   To gain control   To feel the flames   To lose your soul      (Chorus)   And if only everyone would change   And if only you would just see things my way   And if only you would just get with my plan   Things would not get out of hand   And if only, yeah      The price you pay   To gain control   To feel the flames   To lose your soul   The price you pay   To gain control   To feel the flames   To lose your soul      (Chorus)   And if only everyone would change   And if only you would just see things my way   And if only you would just get with my plan   Things would not get out of hand...   And if only everyone would change   And if only you would just see things my way   And if only you would just get with my plan   Things would not get out of hand   If only...