I will hold on hope Rain down, rain down on me Oh I will hold on I will hold on Don't cover yourself with thistle and weeds Spare me your judgments and spare me your dreams 'Cause recently mine have been tearing my seams I sit alone in this winter

Enter into a circle of light, engraved in flesh stare in my eyes, I will not bow down, the only truth pulling words form my lips Tearing me within this life will Remain a mystery to you until the day you pass away Speak lies spilling from your lips as

Doo-doo-doo we're on to you Underneath the shaker knit he's a brick wall Tearing her down, talking her down under your breath Making a mess, see she is happy you want to break it You the number one wet blanket Falling for the creep the body leech here he

(Tearing myself apart) from the things that make me hurt Something aches Bad things slither My floors are burning down And I can't find a window This is medieval This is cerebral

It's hard, so hard, it's tearing out my heart It's hard letting you go It ain't no fun lying down to sleep And there ain't no secrets left for me to keep I wish the stars up in the sky Would all just call in sick And the clouds would take the moon out On

Living in a Dust Bowl Lifting me up Tearing me down All you give me is indecision the classic run-around Bringing me higher Keeping me whole Now I feel like I'm living I'm gonna make my own way

And you're breaking and bleeding me down to nothing You're breaking me and bleeding me down to nothing It's tearing me down Way, way down inside there's a hollow soul An emptiness shatters tomorrow And I find it hard to breathe for me in your company

(Tearing my heart) (Tearing and breaking down) Tearing and breaking down Tearing my heart There goes my heart again Watch my heart fly away All the love that I have ever known Came from the sweetest of hearts Every time I was looking for love

Who am I, darling to you? Who am I, darling for you? I come alone here And meet me there, bundles of flowers We wait through the hours of cold Winter shall howl at the walls Tearing down doors of time Shelter as we go