SilverRogue: This is another songfic I wrote a while back but never put up. It's for the Linkin Park song "By Myself". I own nothing. If you read and review one of my fics, I'll make sure to read and review at least one of yours, so long as it's Invader Zim related



What do I do to ignore what's behind me?

Do I follow my instincts blindly?

Do I hide my pride from all Zim's schemes

And give in to dark thoughts that are maddening?

Do I just try to understand him?

Or do I try to catch him red-handed?

Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,

Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?

I can't fighting when I'm stretched so thin

I make the right moves but I'm lost within

I try to wage my daily war but then

I just end up getting hurt again

By myself

.

I ask why, but in my mind

I find I can't rely on myself

.

I can't stay strong

I can't defend when I'm stretched so thin

It's all too much to take in

I can't fight on

It's a blur watching everything spin

With thoughts of failure sinking in

.

If I turn my back Earth's defenseless

And to warn others seems senseless

If I hide my pride and let it all go on

Then Zim'll invade Earth 'till everything is gone

If I let him go I'll be outdone

But if I try to catch Zim I'll be outrun

If I'm killed by my questions like a cancer

Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answers

(By myself)

.

I ask why, but in my mind

I find I can't rely on myself

.

I can't stay strong

I can't defend when I'm stretched so thin

It's all too much to take in

I can't fight on

It's a blur watching everything spin

With thoughts of failure sinking in

.

How do you think I've lost so much

I'm so afraid, I'm out of touch

How can I expect I will know what to do

When I don't know what is false or true

.

Don't they know?

I try so hard with nothing to show

No matter what I do, how hard I try

I can't seem to convince myself why

I'm stuck on the outside

.

I can't stay strong

I can't defend when I'm stretched so thin

It's all too much to take in

I can't fight on

It's a blur watching everything spin

With thoughts of failure sinking in

.

I can't stay strong

I can't defend when I'm stretched so thin

It's all too much to take in

I can't fight on

It's a blur watching everything spin

With thoughts of failure sinking in