The Riddle Lyrics

Just a little bit of time

Is all I've got

So hold me closer, darling

There's a riddle that I wrote

About my life

I hope you can help me solve it

I laugh when I want to cry

I smile but I want to die

I never do the things I should

And the more you take

The more I leave behind

I'm a lock without a key

Got a heart but it doesn't beat

I was strong when I was younger

Now I'm older and I've grown weak

Not dead but I'm not alive

What am I

It's a puzzle never solved

A mystery

A question gone unanswered

Try to take it all in stride

It's all I want

But my stride has lost its pattern

I laugh when I want to cry

I smile but I want to die

I never do the things I should

And the more you take

The more I leave behind

I'm a lock without a key

Got a heart but it doesn't beat

I was strong when I was younger

Now I'm older and I've grown weak

Not dead but I'm not alive

What am I

I'm the thing that you buy but you never use

I'm the shadow in the sun that never catches you

I'm more useful when I'm broken

I speak lies but tell the truth

So write me down in your histories

Of never knowns

Of long agos

Of cold case files to be thrown away

I laugh when I want to cry

I smile but I want to die

I never do the things I should

And the more you take

The more I leave behind

I'm a lock without a key

Got a heart but it doesn't beat

I was strong when I was younger

Now I'm older and I've grown weak

Not dead but I'm not alive

What am I

What am I