I thought of angels choking on their halos
Get them drunk on rose water
See how dirty I can get them, pulling out their fragile teeth
And clip their tiny wings
Anything you say can and will be held against you
So only say my name, it will be held against you
Anything you say can and will be held against you
So only say my name
If heaven's grief brings hell's rain
Then I'd trade all my tomorrows for just one yesterday
(I know I'm bad news)
For just one yesterday
(I saved it all for you) oh
I'm all out of fight
My heart will always know your name
I'm all out of love
But look at all the love we made
I'm all out of life
Oh babe, it's killin' me to say
I'm all out of love, I'm all out of life, I'm all out of fight.
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger, and that feels so rough
No, you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that, though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Please let me take you
Out of the darkness and into the light
'Cause I have faith in you
That you're gonna make it through another night
Stop thinking about the easy way out
There's no need to go and blow the candle out
Because you're not done
You're far too young
And the best is yet to come
I gotta tell the world what you mean to me
Wrap you up in a melody
So you'll be stuck in my head all day
'Cause you're already there anyway, yes you are
I wanna put you in my car and drive
And turn you up loud
Roll down all the windows and shout it out
I love this girl guy
If I could press play, repeat, how happy I'd be
Wherever I'd go I'd have you there with me
You'd be right where you belong
I wanna put you in a song
And if I get it right everybody will be singin' along, oh yeah
And when they see you on the street they'll say
"Hey, ain't you the gal guy in that song?"
I'll leave my memories inside
In that bed we loved in all night
Every word, every fight, every feeling
Stone cold, not a sound
Burn it down 'til it's ashes and smoke
Burn it down to the smolderin' coals
Burn it down 'til I don't want you no more
Baby, burn it down
Every last song that I wrote
About me and you growing old
Every sliver of hope, everything I know
Pile it up right now
Karen, put me in a chair, fuck me and make me a drink
I've lost direction, and I'm past my peak
I'm telling you this isn't me
No, this isn't me
Karen, believe me, you just haven't seen my good side yet
Ancient holy wars
Dead religions, holocausts
New regimes, old ideas
That's now myth, that's now real
Original sin, genetic fate
Revolutions, spinning plates
It's important to stay informed
The commentary to comment on
Oh, and no one every really knows you and life is brief
So I've heard, but what's that gotta do with this black hole in me?
Won't you kiss me on the mouth and love me like a sailor?
And when you get a taste, can you tell me what's my flavor?
I don't believe in God, but I believe that you're my savior
I know that you've been worried, but you're dripping in my favor
And when we're getting dirty, I forget all that is wrong
I sleep so I can see you 'cause I hate to wait so long
He's just a kid who hid inside a hole
His ears could no more hear the story told
No longer did he wonder of gettin' old
As birds encouraged him on life to hold
All this talk of fire, of gumption and direction
Leave you reaching for some kind of resurrection
As to you thought you were and who you thought you'd be
They'll say it's the trying not the being, the journey not arrival
But all I'm seeing's discouraging reprisals
Of every mistake I've made and all the things I'll never be
And every version of me I tried so hard not to miss
Gets stabbed and shot with the thought of someone else's kiss
There's just no easy way to say
That everything you thought was right was wrong today
That is all, go away
You look out the window
While I look at you
Sayin' I don't know
Would be like saying that the sky ain't blue
And boots weren't made for sitting by the door
Since you don't wanna stay anymore
You can have your space, cowboy
I ain't gonna fence you in
Go on ride away, in your Silverado
Guess I'll see you 'round again
I know my place, and it ain't with you
Well, sunsets fade, and love does too
Yeah, we had our day in the sun
When a horse wants to run
There ain't no sense in closing the gate
You can have your space, cowboy
If shame had a face, I think it would kind of look like mine
If it had a home, would it be my eyes?
Would you believe me if I said I'm tired of this?
Well, here we go now one more time
'Cause I tried to climb your steps, I tried to chase you down
I tried to see how low I could get it down to the ground, and
I tried to earn my way, I tried to tame this mind
You better believe that I have tried to beat this
So, when will this end? It goes on and on
Over and over and over again
Keeps spinning around, I know that it won't stop
'Til I step down from this for good
I never thought I'd end up here
Never thought I'd be standing where I am
I guess I kind of thought that it would be easier than this
I guess I was wrong now one more time
I got a lot of your records
In a separate stack
Some things that I might like to hear
I guess I'll give 'em back
I wish I had answers
'Cause that's the way it should be
For all these questions
Still haunting me
When I find my way back
Everyone will be there
To forgive me my transgressions
And all the shit I've shared
When I find my way back
Everyone will understand
How truly sorry I am