Charlie

I could have been Charlie
I could have been dead
Could have been hopeless
Put a hole in my head

There's a fine line between us
(Background: I could have been Charlie)
Charlie and me
(Background: Living on meds)  (Happy gave me this line)
Soon to be forgotten
Or remembered as a freak

(Background: His was a madness I identify with)

I don't know who's scarier
(Background: I don't know who's scarier)
Him or me
(Background: Charlie is dead)
He's already gone there
I'm on the same family tree


'Cause Charlie had potential
(Background: Charlie had potential)
Just like me and you
(Background: Just like me and you)
Something in him misfired
(Background: Something in him misfired)
It could happen to me too
(Background: It could happen to me too)

(Background: His was a madness I identify with) (Happy gave me this line)
(Background: His was a madness I identify with)

I can see Charlie
(Background: I can see Charlie)
Sitting on his hands
(Background: Sitting on his hands)
Drowning in his chaos
(Background: Drowning in his chaos)
And formulating plans
(Background: Formulating plans)

If I had stayed that way
(Background: I could have been Charlie)
It would have been me
(Background: Living on meds) (line replaces ?, confirmed by Happy)
Wishing for a handgun
Or a rope on a sturdy tree

When I wake up
(Background: Charlie had potential)
I'm just like him
He's got a mess I can get with
There is a beauty
(Background...?)
in succumbing to fear ("fear" replaces grief, which replaced ?, confirmed by Happy)
and get comfortable (line replaces ?, confirmed by Happy)
in your limbo (line replaces ?, confirmed by Happy)
I know (line replaces ?, confirmed by Happy)

(Background: Charlie had potential)
(Background: Just like me and you)
(Background: Something in him misfired)
(Background: It could happen to me too)