Don't you bring me down today Don't you bring me down today Every day is so wonderful And suddenly, it's hard to breathe Now and then, I get insecure From all the pain, I'm so ashamed I am beautiful no matter what they say Words can't bring me down I am

Selling hope to the hopeless, ready to bleed them dry, and take their dignity So get up on your stage and say they need what you have, When your words mean nothing to you or me We know that you're faking it You may have them fooled Will they see it's

I can't find the words to say They're overdue When these pillars get pulled down It will be you who wears the crown And I'll owe everything to you How much pain has quaked your soul? How much love would make you whole? You're my guiding lightning strike

Word for word for word forward They're just fucking words Say have you heard Goodbye Jimmy, farewell youth I must be on my way I have had enough of you I was a young man proud and true Just a simple boy with nothing else to lose Years that I've wasted

On the wings of the night No more turning away On the turning away From the pale and downtrodden And the words they say Which we won't understand "Don't accept that what's happening Is just a case of others' suffering Or you'll find that you're joining in

Wouldn't they do. Whatever they say, Whatever they do, I'll always love you. When I hold your hand, I could fly a zillion miles with you. When I see your grace, I can see you're God's words come true. Every little bird above the haze,

Show me where it hurts and give me something real And lead me to the part of you that never really heals And say the words that burn when they leave your mouth Tell me your story, but don't leave the good parts out Tell me your story I'm sorry if I seem

Didn't they say that only love will win in the end Alone again And you saw me low Loneliness and all I was stuck to the spot without a friend And I hunger and I thirst For some shiver For some whispered words And the promise to come

White sparrows fell from heaven and carried her away Black arrows cut the strings of my heart, I kneel and pray They gave her one more day To say the words I couldn't say Today I walked down our old street Past the diner where we'd meet Now I dine alone