At times I wish I'd speak my mind
My thoughts are vile and you are blind
But what if I could house these thoughts
With wood and glue a hut of sorts
Chorus:
I'd lock them in
You wouldn't see
The things you'd say
If you were me
If you were me
If you were me
You'd never feel the sting of shame
Corrupted hope a need to blame
So let me hide away from light
Away from grace and out of sight
Chorus
I am not worth the effort, dear
Just solitude; no hate, no fear
This plastic smile is all I can give
Until the beat puts my heart back in
Chorus:
Don't lock me in
I need to feel
I need to sing again
Let me be me
Let me be me
Let me be me
A puncture wound, will never heal
its hole forever hollow
Can't fill the void or roll the wheel
or flee its crushing sorrow
Chorus:
You might wanna to mask it, patch it
get it stitched up and cleaned
You might wanna fill it, peel it
or sew it up into seams
Pretty girls with bouncy curls
They trigger long lost dreams
Oh oh. Oh oh.
No sticks or stones, or brittle bones
Don't aim to crack my knees
No, oh, oh, oh.
Chorus
Soothing words aren't set in stone
Should I believe in you?
Should I believe?
Or will it end with me in bed
Feeling torn and bruised?
Please don't break me.
Chorus
These
feelings will not smuggle us into a cave
These
actions will not drive us to use mindless games
Please
do not smash my precious gear into the wall
Please
open your eyes to this mess once and for all
Chorus:
If tears were my
armor, armor, armor
Would you still be her
father, father, father?
If tears were my
armor, armor, armor
Would you still be her
father, father, father?
Dear
stop you yelling before the devil hunts you down
Dear
failing legends bring us to our knees to drown
Please
offer freedom before the earth buries my soul
Please
no more hatred, set us free before we fall
Chorus
How many times have you tasted this wine?
Can you add them up and
compare kisses to affectionate touches?
Chorus:
Because love is a bitch of a wine.
Yes, love is a bitch of a whine.
Do you believe we haven’t kissed with our tongues?
In almost a year?
Put your glass down and plant your butt here.
Chorus
It’s a long way down the road.
For a beer so let’s stay here and drink all our fears.
Because love is a bitch of a wine.
I wanna wake to see you
pleased to see me
Don't wanna wake to find
myself
dying
alone?
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Alone
Alone
Alone
Alone
Will you take my heart out
for a journey?
Will you leave my body to
rot
here
alone?
Chorus
I want a river to wash me away
I want a river to wash me away
I want a river to wash me away
I want a river to wash me away
Chorus
so you want to live the life of a star
and you want to be at peace with mankind
really want to be a mother and father
so you want to know the meaning of life
want to be the ripple and wave
really want to know yourself completely
so you want to start your own revolution
and you want to teach your daughter it all
and you really want to fight this depression
do you really want to hold emotions to ransom
do you want to be cruel to be kind
do you really want to lose precious intentions
so you really want everyone to hear you
and you want everyone to see
but do you really want to be this famous?
Do you know how I spend my days?
Do you ever hear my cries when I'm begging you to leave?
Do you know when I am feeling sad?
Do you ever see the truth when I look into your eyes?
Chorus:
Look inside your own heart babe
and tell me what you find in there
'cause I ain't ever ever ever ever
ever gonna sing in there again
Do you know when I want silence?
Do you ever try to help when my days are feeling gray?
Do you see how anger hurts?
Do you smile because you mean it, or is it habit?
Chorus
I used to thrive on hate
until I learned to love
you.
I used to bite my tongue
until betrayal scarred
virtue.
I used to feel selfish
til you proved it weren't
true.
Look at this.
Look at this selfish heartbreak.
Look at this.
Look at this selfish heart break.
You destroyed what I learned to value most
the reason behind my
tattoo.
Sketches of female voices
Locked out of techno buzz
Sketches of euro noises
Slipped into sidewalk sludge
Windscreen wiper parties
Sparkling wine and plastic plugs
Sister's grass stained knees
Too late for patch up hugs
Chorus:
Drive, Selma
Drive, Selma
Drive, Selma
On the other side
Selma, drive
Selma, drive
Selma, on the other side
Backstroke beats in boxes
Trapped inside biased tunes
Sidestroke beats with roses
Assigned to scape goat grooms
Wasted value jingles
Red lipstick on matchstick men
Painted proof on singles
Won't outlaw mother hen
Chorus
Patience
silences snow on a gray woolen sweater,
and then drowns you.
Doubt
paints a black and white silent film
on your forehead.
Chorus:
Please don't tell me my baby's gone.
Please take me back to Saturday morn.
Please don't tell me my baby's gone.
Please take me back to Saturday morn.
Hope
chews toffee apples
and then breaks your teeth.
Desire
sprinkles sea salt in your wounds
in the desert.
Chorus
Oh why does reason
hide desire, hope, and doubt
in a patient box,
all for
fate to leave the box near the fire?
Chorus