Life is too short to refrain from eating jam out of the jar

I wanted you To love me like you used to do

I will go where I will go And I will jettison all dead weight And I will use these words for kindling And I will sleep by the garden gate

I had things I’d been meaning to say But in the dazzling winter sun that late I could feel them melt away

Name one thing about us two anyone could love

At one, for once, with the universe

It's time for you to go But you never lost your glow

You're mean to me Why must you be mean to me You shouldn't forget, you see What you mean to me

And I can't think of one thing in this whole wide blessed world That's more dangerous and frightening than you when you get bored

It never hurts to give thanks to the local gods You never know who might be hungry

The morning comes to a stuttering halt The cool breeze that blows is somebody's fault

I cry when I'm hungry Something is wrong with my brain

But they came, and when they finally made it here It was the least that we could do to make our welcome clear

I am going to make it through this year if it kills me

I can't hear you in the dark Wish I knew where you'd gone Know you're there, off in the shadows somewhere Try to soldier on

My love for you is ninety-eight percent pure But the two percent that remains Has fried the circuits in my brain

Make it through this year If it kills you outright

Haven't checked a mirror in years Don't need to know the bad news

Strong friends are where you find them People talk all kinds of trash, never you mind them

I am healthy, I am whole But I have poor impulse control And I want to go home But I am home

It's so hard to get revenge The human element drags you down

It's good to be young, but let's not kid ourselves It's better to pass on through those years and come out the other side With our hearts still beating Having stared down demons Come back breathing

Try, try your whole life To be righteous and be good Wind up on your own floor Choking on blood

And I would never have told you that I don't love you anymore

But I tried the losing side I don't wanna die in here

I will burn all the calendars that counted the years down to such a worthless day

Got out of bed, could not remember my own name Condemned to walk the soil amongst all creatures wild and tame

Who is that creature with the crazed look in his eyes? Don't even question your senses, you can be sure that's me

When I try to open up to you I get completely lost Houses swallowed by the earth, windows thick with frost

Let the camera do its dirty work down there in the dark Sink low, arise high, bring back some blurry pictures To remember all your darker moments by