I'm tired of being anxious, broken, choking on my tears I let the same old problems steal away my years 'Cause I'm somebody's dolly when a lover's near But tend to crumble slowly when they disappear Like nothing matters after natural disaster And I wonder, where's my happy ever after? I'm obsessed, depressed, can't seem to find no closure What's the point in getting dressed if the two of us are ovеr? 'Cause he's not the problеm The problem is you think You're only viable for love when someone makes you feel complete You're a diamond Wish you could see you the way I see You can't blossom if you keep growing gardens out of weeds I'm tired of giving, giving, living like a lady In distress, but I don't need someone to save me Not your Polly Pocket in your lover's locket You can't hold me down, I'm a bursting bottle rocket If you want to know me, start by trying to show me That you're worthy, baby, prove that you can earn me 'Cause I'm sick of playing games, let's leave puzzles on the top shelf Begging a boy to come for help when I could just learn to love myself 'Cause he's not the problem The problem is you think You're only viable for love when someone makes you feel complete You're a diamond Wish you could see you the way I see You can't blossom if you keep growing gardens out of weeds Lie awake, I ruminate all the friction that I've been feeling 'Cause they never felt like healing And you keep taking another piece of me Not your problem, not my problem You keep taking another piece of me Not your problem, not my problem You keep taking another piece of me (you keep taking) Not your problem, not my problem (not my problem) You keep taking another piece of me (you keep taking) Not your problem, not my problem (not my problem) You keep taking another piece of me (you keep taking) Not your problem, not my problem (not my problem) You keep taking another piece of me (you keep taking) Not your problem, not my problem (not my problem)

It's coming on the end of August Another summer's promise almost gone And though I heard some wise man say That every dog will have his day He never mentioned that these dog days get so long I don't know when I realized the dream was over Well, there was no particular hour, no given day You know it didn't go down in flame There was no final scene, no frozen frame I just watched it slowly fade away I've been waiting in the weeds Waiting for my time to come around again And hope is floating on the breeze Carrying my soul high up above the ground And I've been keeping to myself Knowing that the seasons are slowly changing Even though you're with somebody else He'll never love you like I do I've been biding time with the crows and sparrows While peacocks prance and strut upon the stage If finding love is just a dance Proximity and chance You will excuse me if I skip the masquerade And I've been waiting in the weeds Waiting for the dust to settle down along the Back roads running through the fields Lying on the outskirts of this lonesome town And I imagine sunlight in your hair You're at the county fair You're holding hands and laughing And now the Ferris wheel has stopped You're swinging on the top suspended there with him And he's the darling of the chic The flavor of the week is melting Down your pretty summer dress Baby, what a mess you're making I've been stumbling through some dark places Now I'm following the plow I know I've fallen out of your good graces It's alright now I've been waiting in the weeds Waiting for the summer rain to fall upon the Wild birds scattering the seeds Answering the calling of the tide's eternal tune The phases of the moon, the chambers of the heart The ebb and dart of small gray spiders spinning in the dark In spite of all the times the web is torn apart And I've been waiting in the weeds (waiting in the weeds) Waiting for the time to come around again And hope is floating on the breeze (floating on the breeze) Carrying my soul high up above the ground And I've been keeping to myself (keeping to myself) Knowing that the seasons are slowly changing Even though you're with somebody else (with somebody else) He'll never love you like I do

In this life like weeds, you're just a rock to me You're just a rock to me, you're just a rock to me And in this life like weeds, you're just a rock to me And in this life like weeds, in this life like weeds I could have told you all that I love you And in the places you go, you'll see the place where you're from I could have told you all that I love you And in the faces you meet, you'll see the place where you'll die I could have told you all that I love you And on the day that you die, you'll see the people you've met I could have told you all that I love you And in the faces you see, you'll see just who you've been I wish I could have told you all In this life like weeds, in this life like weeds Eyes need us to see, hearts need us to bleed In this life like weeds, you're a rock to me I know where you're from, but where do you belong? In this life like weeds, you're the dirt I'll breathe In this life like weeds, you're a rock to me In this life like weeds, in this life like weeds I know where you're from, but where do you belong? In this life like weeds, eyes need us to see Hearts need us to bleed in this life like weeds In this life like weeds, you're the dirt I'll breathe All this talking all the time and the air fills up, up Up until there's nothing left to breathe And you think you feel most everything And we know that our hearts are just made out of strings to be pulled Strings to be pulled So you think you've figured out everything But we know that our minds are just made out of strings to be pulled Strings to be pulled All this talking all the time and the air fills up, up Up until there's nothing left to breathe Up until there's nothing left to speak Up into the better parts of space

Take the long way home Just to let the song finish out Just to go see the farmhouse I always wanted to live in Roll the windows down Just to drive past the dead end The one where we got naked And lit off those sparklers Making wishes on weeds I'll tell you anything I know you'll keep it just between us To the other boys, godspeed Cause your sweet heart has a hold on me I'd like to keep Cut up magazines Pressed flowers in your poetry Stains from the blackberries are Covering my good jeans We exist in dreams Butterflies land right on the leaves 100 year old willow tree And you lay down beside me Making wishes on weeds I'll tell you anything I know you'll keep it just between us To the other boys, godspeed Cause your sweet heart has a hold on me I'd like to keep

Could have filled a garden with all the flowers that you gave me But none of them were ours You know the problem with history, it keeps coming back like weed And when nothing feels enough At least you taught me how to love, how to love, love But he keeps growing back like weeds Baby, just open your eyes to see, he's growing from inside me And I just don't know what I can do, I thought I cut him at the root Like weeds, like weeds Like weeds, yeah, yeah I miss all of my exes, they're the only ones that know me And God knows that sex is a way to feel a bit, a little bit less lonely Yeah, I tried to keep it covered up Yeah, I thought I cut him at the root but now I think my time is up Cause he keeps growing back like weeds Baby, just open your eyes to see, he's growing from inside me And I just don't know what I can do, I thought I cut him at the root Like weeds, like weeds Like weeds, yeah, yeah Like weeds, like weeds Like weeds, yeah, yeah, yeah Baby, baby, baby, baby Like weeds, like weeds Like weeds, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah-eah-eah, yeah-eah-eah, eh-eh-eh, eh-eh-eh Yeah-eah-eah, yeah-eah-eah, eh-eh-eh, eh-eh-eh Eh-eh-eh Baby, baby, baby, baby

I know my days are numbered I've been in and out of phase But these days keep passing me by Good never comes my way Try to sit back and relax Try and think of something good Something else Something pure I can't but know I should Things I should have said Things that I regret And I regret No more waiting for something better to come along It's much easier to change me than it is to change them all Things I should have said and things that I regret Need to shed all my skin and start again Every turn I make is wrong I haven't smiled in so long Shed my skin and start again The memories that I once had of the good time We all used to have Shed my skin and start again

Can't separate the lies from reality Can't hold back these knives from penetrating me Can't wash away this crime, rolling down my face And everything is gone, gone and stripped away Say it's over 'cause I need some closure Say it's over, can't look me in the eyes Say it's over 'cause I need some closure I gave you everything, you gave me this black heart of mine I can't take it, I can't fake it no more This black heart of mine I can't take it, I can't fake it no more This black heart of mine I can confess this time it wasn't my doing Can't erase it from my mind, desperation rings Can't wash away this crime from rolling down my face Everything is gone, gone and stripped away Say it's over 'cause I need some closure Say it's over, can't look me in the eyes Say it's over 'cause I need some closure I gave you everything, you gave me this black heart of mine I can't take it, I can't fake it no more This black heart of mine I can't take it, I can't fake it no more This black heart of mine I can't take it, I can't fake it no more This black heart of mine Mine Mine

When all is said and done I'll always be your son But all is not forgiven Well I'm on my knees pleading Just 'cause I'm grown you think I don't need Much more than what you've ever given me So when we gonna get together Seems there's no time for me You act like you got forever You've got time, but you ain't got time for me You said you've got time But you ain't got time for me Now that you've gone and tossed The bottle away now will ya Start a new life with the new wife Well she'll never be my mother I suppose that you know you oughta Remember the ones you left behind You're just letting it slip away now You act like things are fine I know you think you've been born again But this time You're leaving your son behind This time This time This time

There's blood on the floor And you're not even moving Don't really know if it's mine or yours But you ain't moving Eyes are wide as you grin at me You know there's a place where you'd rather be If you should die and I survive How could I go on knowing that I'm still alive Here breathing There's a beast that's living deep within me Forcing me to feed all my needs Yeah he's in me And he brought us here to end our fears To wave goodbye to all of the tears To start a new life on the other side of the river Well my world would be over Hold on, hold on, I won't be long Wait for me, man, I won't be long You were such in a rush to reach the other side Look at yourself with that look in your eye Smiling wide and pre-occupied with that river Well my world would be over

I got the razor at my wrist 'cause I can't resist I've got this fever burnin' fist that does as I wish But when I get downtown and see what's around I just know there's got to be a better place to be found Ooh, God help me The river runs red and I think I'm dyin' Well, I knew there'd come a day When my mind would say, "Hey, are you afraid?" Well, all I know is that I been down here tryin' Well, I'll bleed on through the night I suppose I'll be dead by the morning light Don't be surprised, if you mind, when you find me The river runs red and I think I'm dyin', oh yeah The river runs red and I think I'm dyin' Ooh, God help me The river runs red and I think I'm dyin', oh yeah The river runs red and I think I'm dyin'

Won't you come see about me? I'll be alone, dancing you know it, baby Tell me your troubles and doubts Giving everything inside and out Love strange, so real in the dark Think of the tender things that we were working on Slow change may pull us apart When our life gets into your heart, baby Don't you, forget about me Don't, don't, don't, don't Don't you, forget about me Don't you, try and pretend It's my feeling, we'll win in the end I won't harm you or touch your defenses Vanity, insecurity Don't you, forget about me I'll be alone, dancing you know it baby Come to, I'll take you apart I'll put us back together at heart baby Don't you, forget about me Don't, don't, don't, don't Don't you, forget about me Don't, don't, don't, don't Don't you, forget about me Don't, don't, don't, don't Don't you, forget about me Will you stand above me? Look my way, never love me? Rains keeps falling Rains keeps falling down, down, down Don't you, forget about me Don't, don't, don't, don't Don't you, forget about me But you walk on by Will you call my name? As you walk on by Will you call my name? As you walk away Will you walk away? Will you walk away? Come on baby, call my name I say, will you call my name? I say la la la Will you call my name, baby? Won't you please, let me feel like [Incomprehensible] I know I feel you Let me see my hands before you Let me see your hands before me I said, why don't you call my name? I need, want you to call my name I need you to call my name