Distractions, Reactions The only way to go is to go away Discarded, Retarded Before I let you go, you have to let me Maximize our prize of a record It's all on the path and the words are of murder This time I won't give in I will save you from my sins

Forever and always I know the only words that you have for me Are give up and get out You’d like to think You'd like to think that we've been beaten But we're here to stay For drowning your voice out We've been defeated, but we’re here to stay I am an

You try to live your life from day to day But seeing you across the room tonight Just gives me away The heart won't lie Looking back over the years Of All the things I've always meant to say But words didn't come easily So many times through empty fears

And if I give up my sword, won't you give me the right Angel of Mercy, angel delight, give me my reward in heaven tonight Angel of Mercy give me heaven tonight Well there's a Peter Pan moon shepherd's delight I got to dragon at noon, yes and I won the

So give it all, I give it all, We give it all, This is the reason why I sing, It's these reasons that belong to me Break through the undertow, Your hands I can't seem to find, Pollution burns my tongue, Cough the words I can't speak so I stall myself

But lets forget all that And give me the number if you can find it So I can call just to tell him I'm fine And to show, I overcome the blow I learned to take it well I only wish my words could just convince myself That it just wasn't real Operator, could

I come to you hungry and tired You give me food let me sleep I come to you weak You give me strength and that's deep Called me a sheep And lead me to green pastures Only askin' that I keep the focus In between the chapters You give me the word

There are moments that the words don't reach (If you see him in the street, walking by her side Talking by her side, have pity) Forgiveness, can you imagine? There is suffering too terrible to name You hold your child as tight as you can Then push away

I struggle for the words and then give up My head's up with the birds and the seagulls A little piece of mind that I know better Than the plain disgrace of all my letters I broke into your house last night And left a note at your bedside I'm far too shy

Breakfast is cold, as cold as our bed I'm watching you choke down the words that you said I watch you devour, mistake me for bread Well boy, is you fed? Or are you misled? I gave you the messiest head You give me the messiest head Oh, you turnin' red