It's Not Over Yet

Please give me something to calm me down
Cause I can't seem to hold it off
You're under my skin
And I'm not ready to give in
Please give me something to calm me down
Cause I can't seem to hold it off
You're under my skin
And I'm not ready to give in

The fuse is lit, and someone needs to stop it
Not just watch it, take our hands out of our pockets
How much do we want it?
The fuse skips, like the sparks in my veins
The latter stages of frustration
Making blood tick in my brain
Like tick tick, time's nearly up, tock
Soon there'll be nothing to salvage, nothing to count up
Nothing to hope for, nothing but outrage
Things are volatile, we're close to detonation
And instead of walking away from the red mist
I'm inhaling

Please give me something to calm me down
Cause I can't seem to hold it off
You're under my skin
And I'm not ready to give in
Please give me something to calm me down
Cause I can't seem to hold it off
You're under my skin
And I'm not ready to give in

My fists are clenched, nails cutting flesh
This has to last at least another night, it's not over yet!
I'll fight for now with split knuckles
And smooth over rough edges
With sleepless-night sandpaper stubble
Anxious not to smash the cracked glass when I speak
There's only so long I'll go on grinding my teeth
I'm tired, but I won't admit defeat
Until the whole thing shatters
And we're all left in pieces

It's brittle, but I'll battle while nothing's been broken
It's not over yet
We can handle the fractures
They're nobody's fault lines
It's not over yet
We're close to the brink
It's not over yet
Nothing we can't fix
It's not over yet
And we may be down but it's not over yet
Cause we'll never be out

Please give me something to calm me down
Cause I can't seem to hold it off
You're under my skin
And I'm not ready to give in
Please give me something to calm me down
Cause I can't seem to hold it off
You're under my skin
And I'm not ready to give in