it comes on real slowly
and builds to the only
sound in my head
like an old familiar friend
who tempts with the places
i shouldn't go
and the pills i shouldn't swallow
but caving in is what i do best

start at the beginning

and i want it so badly
open up and let me have it
i'll be desperate til i'm gone
don't make me wait
don't prove me wrong
giving all my hope and anger
to the things that i thought mattered
don't let me find out after all
that i've been inside all along

cried my eyes out like a baby
in the arms of a stranger
but it makes no difference
when nobody's listening
time has made me so fragile
tap my shoulder and i'll shatter
broken past is on the ground
spread the ashes all around

i would trade it all
i would give it all