Realizing my doubt Is not your fault Someone long ago realized There is a monster in my rib cage Eating at my heart And I have always ingnored it Even from the start Steadfastly believed I have always been happy
But sometging must have changed And now I know its not the way you say my name (This still breathes the way it did) Or the way you kiss me (You still put fire in my veins) Or the way you look at me (My heart still stops)
But instead its growing up And realizing somethings always been wrong That the chemical switches in my brain Have all developed misfires And that monster in my chest Has broken through its cage Is now in my mind
And the fact of it is I probably need help
It's hard to see your way out When you live in a house in a house Cause you don't realize That the windows were open the whole time.
Oh, my talking bird Though your feathers are tattered and furled I'll love you all your days Till the breath leaves your delicate frame.