Eight years old to the day You blew your candles off the cake Wishing too hard for them to stay You burnt the house down She held the match, he held her face You learned to hate your birthday Calling her bitch, despite your wish They had to separate And the room sings And it sounds like leaving home And the room sings "We know something you don't" Now he's quite the stand-up guy He's stood you up 'least twelve times And when he finally does arrive He brings his new wife The family shrink from second floor The one he claimed he couldn't afford Your mother cries, clings to the floor You knock his lights out And the room sings And it sounds like leaving home And the room sings "We know something you don't" And the room sings And it sounds like leaving home The room sings "We know something you don't" The room sings And it sounds like there's no love

I see you running out from the garden Calling the kids, the floor is rotten Brittle-boned homes for adolescents I guess we do turn into our parents And all of the discord I thought I ran for Don't wanna feel more, don't wanna feel And it just gets harder, swear I feel further Just wanna feel you, just wanna If you're gone, who gets the toothbrush ready? If you're gone, I'll watch too much TV If you're gone, how do I go on living? If you're gone, how do I go on? Call it a cop out like hating a hometown Knock on your window with leash in my mouth I've been agent, I wanna be anchored You look right through me like some sort of stranger And all of the distance I thought I missed it Don't wanna feel it, don't wanna feel And it just gets harder, swear I feel smaller Just wanna feel you, just wanna If you're gone, who gets the toothbrush ready? If you're gone, I'll watch too much TV If you're gone, how do I go on living? If you're gone, how do I go on? I won't say your name again I'll hate words that resemble it I won't say your name again I'll hate words that resemble it I won't say your name again I won't say your name

You got a hold on me Built my life around sound to keep you dancing Now I can't move Without wondering if you're going too You tell me, don't you worry Someday it's coming What's the hurry When you know that you've got me Don't you worry, I've nowhere to be Other than right next to you If you need me, you can find me Giving you everything, for always and evermore What's there to look for When you're looking right through If you need me, you can find me Giving anything, anything, but up on you I lose all control whenever you're around Darling, don't you know Now I must admit I wouldn't last a single day Without you in it You tell me, don't you worry Someday it's coming What's the hurry When you know that you've got me Don't you worry, I've nowhere to be Other than right next to you If you need me, you can find me Giving you everything, for always and evermore What's there to look for When you're looking right through Said, don't you worry What's the hurry Don't love in rushes I love you so much I'm singing Don't you worry What's the hurry, baby Know that you've got me If you need me, you can find me Giving you everything, for always and evermore What's there to look for When you're looking right through If you need me, you can find me Giving you everything, for always and evermore What's there to look for When you're looking right through If you need me

Uptight, too hung up, too much to be done You stand there shivering under the sun Do you have what it takes? One shot and you're drawing blanks Now everyone's passing to leave you behind You swear you've pissed away your whole life only to miss it all Oh, an hourglass'll lay you on your ass if you just watch it fall Turn your head, kid, right back around it You're pulling away from all that you wanted The coming of age you're dreading to happen You put your foot down, you keep on running Deep in the pit of my stomach I rummage Through thoughts of amounting to all that I needed To being the downfall, doubts that determine you Don't give them hold of you, be who you're running to Turn your head, kid, right back around it You're pulling away from all that you wanted The coming of age you're dreading to happen You put your foot down, you keep on running So you keep on running And don't get it twisted You keep on running for me Turn your head Right back around it The coming of age you're dreading to happen You put your foot down, you keep on running You keep on running Don't stop your running You know they're coming You know they're coming for you