I hear them all the time I hear you all the time Grandma's singing in the bedroom It's a near forgotten lullaby She used to sing when I wasn't well Father's outside chopping firewood Like he did when he'd been drinking Or when he and mom were at it again

I'm a warrior I'm stronger than I've ever been And my armor, is made of steel, you can't get in I wear like a battle wound So ashamed, so confused Now I'm a warrior Now I've got thicker skin And you can never hurt me again This is a story that I have

Exactly like you I used to have a perfect sweetheart Not a real one, just a dream A wonderful vision of us as a team Can you imagine how I feel now Love is real now, it's ideal You're just what I wanted And now it's nice to live Paradise to live

If I could write you a song to make you fall in love I would already have you up under my arm I used up all my tricks, I hope that you like this But, you probably won't, you think you're cooler than me You got designer shades just to hide your face And

We are strangers, who share a photograph Like that submarine, that never made it back Forever wasn't meant to come as fast In this moment all we have is an empty photograph We used to have it all Like Chicago Bulls in '93, hmm Then came that civil war

Time on me is wasted time Baby's gonna give it like it used to be Innocent smile Runnin' free Time on me is wasted It's your life Don't you let em tell you when to bat your eyes You're the only one who's gonna sacrifice Makes no difference if you're

Me deh pon di go now Tell dem watch it ina traffic, Koffee nu slow down Ina mi zone Alto to Baritone Soon dem a go see seh is a queen deh pon di throne Me nu waste time with the music In yuh ears like any Q-Tip Used to Facetime with the Blues

Oh baby, you don't have to go I beg you all night, baby, you don't have to go Oh baby, what's gettin' wrong with you Oh baby, turn your lamp down low You don't treat me nothin' like you used to do Well, I gave you all of my money, let you go downtown You

No more same old someone else Back to the one you used to love like crazy Maybe you'll save me from myself I'm gonna run straight back to us, baby When the sun comes around again You won't be waking up in a stranger's bed I don't say what I mean I don't

I'm cold and confused with no guiding light left inside Pure hearts and stumble In my hands they crumble And fragile and stripped to the core I can't hurt you anymore Loved by numbers You loosing, life's wonder And touch like strangers detached I can't