I go out night after night
With a front that suggests everything’s alright
But in reality
I’m parading around the shadows of my shame
Rambling about football tactics and the rise in taxes
To strangers who don’t even know my name
Dying in the face of an altercation turned so bleak
Only to fall back into your arms
‘Cause you’re the only love I’ve never ****** up
Look how I’ve grown so fragile, how I’ve become so weak
Tonight, tonight, tonight

I know how you feel
I don’t need to hear the words of a protest song
You make it perfectly clear by the faces that you make
And the tears you tried your best to hide
But here I am, lost and confused
Suffocating in the mess of another happy mistake gone wrong
Still professing a youthful innocence
Clouded by the significance of my shortcomings
Don’t hide your eyes from mine
I’m not the boy you wanted to raise, I know
Tonight, tonight, tonight

You look burnt out, frail and so forlorn
I guess I finally did it this time
Be honest
You haven’t stopped smoking since the day I was born
Your mental health has gone downhill and now I think about it
I don’t think I’ve ever seen you eat
Racking your brains for another excuse to put my mind at ease
But selfishly I’ve always known
The way you are is solely down to me

I’m opening up to you,
For your benefit not mine
It’s so you can understand the way that I’m feeling
And how maybe
You can tell me one day it’ll all turn out just fine?”
‘Cause you’re the only person that matters
Without you I have no home
I’m just skin and bones,
Lacking substance without your guidance
My mind goes walkabout too when I feel alone
So I just lay down
Making sure I’m not a hinderance to anyone else
I think that’s my own little gift to the world
You can have that one for free