(Bare grace misery) Sweet boy, come in I am the dark side of you Die for my sins Like the One once did Cinnamon bed For your unashamed appetite A figurante This dance will hurt like hell

I'm falling away Away from myself Away from who I used to be Arid skin cracked and torn, I peel it away A change for the better to harness the strength and rise more powerful Now more powerful than ever A decrepit self once animate, now abandoned and

Saw things so much clearer Once you, once you (rearviewmirror) What I could not forgive I took a drive today Time to emancipate I guess it was the beatings made me wise But I'm not about to give thanks, or apologize I couldn't breathe, holdin' me down

One more rainy day On one more rainy day Once again my mind is gray This is what a rainy day can do Changes, visible changes Sky looking so forlorn It looks like the world's been born Trying to see the sunlight My heart's crying out loud

Arise and walk, come through It's calling out for you Someone beyond that door is calling out for you I was raging, it was late In the world my demons cultivate I felt the strangest emotion but it wasn't hate, for once Yes I'm changing, yes I'm gone Yes

So if you got a problem, pick up the telephone For the guns and glory cowboys from the twilight zone At the Continental Club, there's no extras for striptease We're the gang that couldn't shoot straight but we aim to please She's bugging me again, run to

While riding on a train goin' west I fell asleep for to take my rest I dreamed a dream that made me sad Concerning myself and the first few friends I had With half-damp eyes I stared to the room Where my friends and I'd spent many an afternoon Where we

The clouds prepare for battle In the dark and brooding silence Bruised and sullen storm clouds Have the light of day obscured Looming low and ominous In twilight premature Thunderheads are rumbling In a distant overture All at once,

Nobody knows you when you're down and out. Nobody knows you, Once I lived the life of a millionaire, Spent all my money, I just did not care. Took all my friends out for a good time, Bought bootleg whiskey, champagne and wine. Then I began to fall so

I thought we would always be together The love we shared was gonna last forever Once I was your one and only Now here I sit, mister lonely He'll hold you tonight, but I won't What's he got that I don't The one thing I thought I'd never lose He's got you