And I ran my hand o'er a strange inversion As the darkness turns into the dawn The child is gone

I think he let me down when he didn't disappoint me He didn't always guess right, but he usually got my gist

'Cause I suddenly feel like a different person From the roots of my soul comes a gentle coercion

Curious, you're looking down your nose at me while you appease Courteous to try and help, but let me set your mind at ease If there was a better way to go then it would find me I can't help it, the road just rolls out behind me

They lack impact, they're petty They've been made up already Please please please No more maladies

I've got a lot to lose And I'm bettin' high so I'm beggin' you

The nickel dropped when I was on My way beyond the rubicon What did I do?

I promise you, everything will be just fine If there was a better way to go then it would find me I can't help it, the road just rolls out behind me

But me and everybody's on the sad same team And you can hear our sad brains screaming

The early cars already are Drawing deep breaths past my door And last night's phrases, sick with lack of basis Are still writhing on my floor

Not until this guy, what a guy, oh God What a good guy, and I can't even enjoy him

I opened my eyes while you were kissing me once, more than once And you looked as sincere as a dog

You wave the red flag, baby you make it run, run, run

But me and everybody's on the sad same team And you can hear our sad brains screaming Give us something familiar, something similar

You'll never hear the message I give You'll say it looks as though I might give up this fight

Oh, darling it's so sweet You think you know how crazy How crazy I am You say you don't spook easy

Why did I kiss him so hard late last Friday night

If we had a double-king-sized bed We could move in it and I'd soon forget That what I am is what I am 'cause I does what I does

But all I can see is red, red, red, red, red, now What am I gonna do Don't understand about diamonds and why men buy them

Let the damn breeze dry my face

Every single night's a fight with my brain

And if you chalk it up you'll see I don't really have a choice So don't even ask me I'm much better off, the way things are Much much better off, better by far

Oh, darling it's so sweet You think you know how crazy How crazy I am

It's very kind

What should I do? I'm a frightened, fickle person

Saying there's nothing to it And then letting it go by the boards O' sailor, why'd you do it What'd you do that for

Under the waves in the blue of my oblivion Under the waves in the blue of my oblivion

I'm so tired of cryin' You'd think I was a siren

I'm building memories on things we have not said

So my darling, give me your absence tonight Take all of your sympathy and leave it outside