I've got it inside of my head
I've got it all under my nails
Breathe in, prick up your ears
'cause I'm the only one
You don't catch the eyes stuck to me
And I'm sorry I'm saying it
I'm sorry for asking you
It's not the time, not the place for it
Not the time or the place for it
I've got it all over my hands
I've got it all under my nails
I've got it inside of my mouth
I've got it in the back of my tongue
??? inside of my lungs
I've got it all in my blood
Breathe in, rub off the skin
'cause I'm the only one
I'm the only one
Hey Latasha, every place you made
Your face is everywhere
You don't know what your life has meant to me
Come on up, I'm on a tear
This city, it means nothing to me
It hurts to say it, worse to see it
You told me things I never knew
The rest of us will remember
This is a story I want to believe
I am afraid of it, it's a pity
How does it look down here, it's a mystery
???
Hey Latasha, every place you made
Your face is everywhere
You don't know what your life has meant to me
Come on up, I'm on a tear
she's just a skinny little thing
doesn't mean any harm
doesn't mean what she says
I'm sick of taking it you know
but I can't walk away
I can't walk away
I'm tired of making it work
taking the things you say
we fight a white on white
it's just the way we do things
this is all I know
this is when I come home
But if it's true
that I am wrong for you
what am I doing here?
so don't expect a lot from me
it's a little bit harder for me
she's just a skinny little thing
doesn't mean any harm
doesn't mean what she says
I'm sick of taking it you know
but I can't walk away
I can't walk away
I'm tired of making it work
taking the things you say
I wanted you
To show some feeling
I needed you
To twist my arm
Come on over, I was wrong
Dry your eyes on my sleeve
All the rain in my ears
Rolls down my arm
Into my palms
I wanted you
To show some feeling
I needed you
To twist my arm
I didn't think you'd notice
it didn't make a difference
if it mattered that much to you
it wouldn't matter that much to me
I tried harder than you could know
was I there, was I waiting?
that's me, I forget sometimes
are you never coming back?
it's something I can't ignore
its part of me everyday
it's something I couldn't say to you
something that takes the breath from me
something that makes me angry
something that's cheap and dirty
something that's cheap and dirty
something that takes my strength away
and I blame it on you
I blame it on you
I blame it on you
I made it clear to you
My sleep is restless
My heart is divided
Quarters, halves, & eighths
I’m in love with this feeling
This invisible feeling.
What I wanted to say
Would have sounded all wrong
In that crazy pitch of my
Pidgin stammering knotted tongue
I’m used to it, this city
The smell of it, the gray dust of it
I know that’s rain coming
to wash it over
clean it away
I’m used to it, this feeling
The comforting, the reviling
I’m used to it, this city
The comforting, the reviling
(thanks to "y2k")
Shake out the sheets, throw my things out
Out the window
I wasn’t down with this, I wasn’t
Prepared for you
The things that you tell me, are no surprise at all
Too much broken, words I’d rather forget
Take it even, make it slow
What was I thinking, I was unravelling
At the birthmark I split in two
Opened your hands of black and blue
Shake out the sheets, throw my things out
Out the window
I wasn’t down with this, I wasn’t
Prepared for you
Had to clean up the mess
and nurse the cuts on my head
It's no fun getting gone without you
There was a time, that I would have cried
but...that part of me has up and died
That part of me has up and died.
Sometimes I forget
Sometimes I forget
And your problems seem unreal to me
Sometimes I forget
Sometimes I forget
And your problems seem so unreal
I get a taste of it
Where there is pain
In a town like this
In a town that’s like death
I could taste the soot in the rain in the words
Stuck in my mouth, to the roof of my mouth
I am certain, I am able
To walk right by without wincing
I’m ashamed, that I waited
To cross the street to avoid your look
Sometimes I forget.
I did the things that can’t forgive
Stealing the things that i gave to you
But from this moment I will walk
And from this moment I will be true
I looked away, I didn’t mean to
I’m sorry, I’m sorry
I can’t believe what it’s become
It’s over, it's over, it's over
And I’ll be there
I'll be there
And I'll be there
I'll be there.