she crosses her t's like a crucifix
and dots her i's like nobody's business
she tells me she likes when i pull her hair
those green eyes make for a piercing stare
the kind that make you realize you shouldn't ever care

you were the girl smoking cigarettes outside
the girl with nothing to hide
as you moved toward me
in a way that's clear to see
you knew what you were doing
i knew just from the way you were moving

a predatory creature who craves the blood
of innocent people, you've got them in your hand
with one swift blow you could **** ten men
legend has it they were never the same again
so ease up on me when decide to strike
i don't have the reserves to put up much of a fight

after work, every night
when i get high
i feel like the bottom of the barrel
every night, try as i might
when i get high
i feel like the only one

i don't get enough sleep
break the promises i said i'd keep
i broke out and i ran away
ended up in the same place
can't seem to keep this head on straight
too much work and too much play

so when i go crazy will you hold me?
by the looks of it, i'll be there soon
wonder why it was that you chose me
what you say at midnight doesn't match with noon
but the way your dark hair looks under the moon
it'll keep me coming, i'll be back soon

i wanna do you
might wanna own you
see right through you
i see the one, lone you

in the end we'll both be unhappy
because our childhoods were ******
we can blame and go on for days
but we'll still listen to what our mothers say
can't ever seem to get a grip
we should take a long trip

and when we finally go
it'll be like all those tv shows
happy, happy, sad, happy
i want you to trap me
you're the only one to me
think we can set eachother free

sleeping through the night
is a thing of the past now
i've been fighting the good fight
but these days i'm not sure how
these aches cut deep
reverberating through my spine
the blood continues to seep
what's yours can't be mine

the pain wakes you up
all hours of the night
at sundown, the moon comes up
and i'm finding hope through her light

i was just a kid when i saw the worst things
the worst that i've ever seen
so please excuse me if my voice cracks when i sing
because it's affected me

you don't owe me anything
so take your leave if i'm too much to bear
in my dreams i've seen things
but i've been awake for so long, i don't even care

i know i should be thankful
so i pretend to be
but right now i'm the opposite of grateful
and i'm pretending not to be

fight or die, fight and cry
or cry and die
what you're saying
to play the game their playing
we can't and i won't
but you don't
you don't know
you don't know

refusal to fall into line
gets you on the unemployment line
not following the rules
gets you stripped, killed & ruined
but the turning point is close
this war is what they chose

so kiss me tenderly before i go
when the bombs drop, it's not for show
their aim is to aim fast and fire quick
while your buried deep in the thick of it
keeping up appearances holds no weight anymore
it never did, but now the rich are still rich and the poor beyond poor