Stop talking in codes Let me know what's up I need a love to celebrate So baby, take it all the way Stop talking in codes, stop talking in codes Tell me black and white Why I'm here tonight I can't read the signs Can't do it no more

'Cause you've been running circles 'round My mind, turning me inside out And I fell for you but hit the ground 'Cause the only love I've known has let me Down and I need lifting up Now you ain't here I'm sleeping rough And I'm praying I can pray enough

For shit like that See it in me Oh, no, she didn't Leave me lonely for prettier women You know I need too much attention You know you wrong I could be your supermodel If you believe

To be somebody, to be somebody I don't need you for me to be somebody To be somebody I don't need you, 'cause I got me Let me move, let me breathe Oh, if you leave me here, I'll end up suffocating I'm in this safe space, this empty hallway I can't be

Nobody said it was easy Come up to meet you Tell you I'm sorry You don't know how lovely you are I had to find you Tell you I need you Tell you I set you apart Tell me your secrets And ask me your questions

You've given up on us Just another empty promise by those I love You've taken all I've made and all I've become Pushing me down flat on the ground trying to escape the pain I needed you to meet me half way But I'm left abandoned with nothing more to say

Like a gust of wind But I didn't know You push me back every once in a while You remind me there's someone up there Who ushers in The air I need to power my sail When I open the window I wanna hug you 'Cause you remind me of the air

Oh well (say) I don't suppose you have a moment to spare me Do you? Do you? I have the suspicion you're not being yourself Remember I told you, I need you Remember the spark that was there All of the words that I'm saying Are just a fancy way of saying

A-coming to me Well there were days I can tell you quite honestly A-running through me I'm watching the movie go down Around, about me I'm watching the merry-go-round Go down about me. I said, "Lovers, you're needed in the garden 'Cause there's a lot of

Oh my heart (Oh my heart) This place needs me here to start This place is the beat of my heart The kids have a new take A new take on faith Pick up the pieces Get carried away I came home to a city half erased