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

If tomorrow never shows I want you all to know That I loved you all, you're beautiful And I had myself a ball I've wasted so much precious time Been skating along these fine lines Now these weeds have grown where the sun once shown And my life has passed me by And my life has passed me by And I don't know why I keep searching for something that I never found While these weeds get deeper as I turn around And time grows older and I've grown colder So long has passed that I forgot to count These weeds have grown where the sun once shown And I can feel it Today I cut off all the ties Been led blind for all this time But somewhere in between the lies Are the hearts and minds of those who tried And although I've heard your lies... This space between us...

Used to be a major scale But the melody went stale Musical cacophony let Insy Winsy Spider free You're a rich little boy Who's had to work for his toys You've got all the sensibilities, oh Of an upper class guy No, no I'm not your little slave No I don't twist, and turn that way Only got bad things to say You're always asking what is up, up with me Could never tell you what happened The day I turned seventeen The rise of a king, and the fall of a queen Oh, seventeen, seventeen Oh, you were embarrassed of me 'Cause I used my tongue freely Bet you wish I couldn't speak 'Cause, when I do you know I tell you why you appear weak You want a hassle free life? Go get your upper class wife She's got all the personality, oh Of a lemon, that has been truly sucked dry You teach me how to behave I felt you question the way-ay I was brought up as a baby Well, you don't know fuck about my family Could never tell you what happened The day I turned seventeen The rise of a king, and the fall of a queen Oh, seventeen (seventeen) Oh, seventeen, oh, seventeen The rise of the king, and the fall of a queen Oh, seventeen Never felt like a princess I used to kid myself in this dress That it was just how things Were meant to be Oh, seventeen Seventeen

One track mind, like a goldfish Stuck inside my petri dish I can't breathe, and I can't smile This better be worth my while I feel numb most of the time Lower, I get the higher I'll climb, and I will wonder why I got dark only to shine Lookin' for the golden light Oh, it's a reasonable sacrifice (Burn, burn, burn bright) Forgo families, forgo friends That's how it started, and how it ends I can't open up, and cry Cause I've been silent all my life I feel numb most of the time Lower, I get the higher I'll climb, and I will wonder why I got dark only to shine Lookin' for the golden light Oh, it's a reasonable sacrifice (Burn, burn, burn bright) (Burn, burn, burn bright) Ooh, I get dark Oh, and I'm in Hell I need a friend Ooh, but I can't yell Yeah, I'm no good No good to anyone Cause all I care about Is being number one Shine Lookin' for the golden light Oh, it's a reasonable sacrifice Shine Lookin' for the golden light Oh, it's a reasonable sacrifice Sacrifice I feel numb most of the time Lower, I get the higher I'll climb, and I will wonder why I got dark only to shine And I'll light up the sky Stars that burn the brightest Fall so fast and pass you by Puff like empty lighters I feel numb most of the time Lower, I get the higher I'll climb, and I will wonder why I got dark only to shine And I'll light up the sky Stars that burn the brightest Fall so fast and pass you by Spark like empty lighters

Regret it Regret it We've broken up and now I regret it (I regret it) I said goodbye when I shouldn't have said it (said it) I even cried but I never meant it (I regret it) And I don't know why but I can't forget it, forget it Gimme love, gimme dreams Gimme a good self-esteem Gimme good and pure What you waiting for? Gimme everything All your heart can bring Something good and true I don't wanna feel blue anymore, blue I don't wanna feel blue anymore (blue) Gimme, gimme Gimme one more night One last goodbye Let's do it one last time Let's do it one last time One more time No, I don't love you, no, I don't care I just wanna be held when I'm scared And all I want is one night with you Just 'cause I'm selfish, I know it's true Gimme love, gimme dreams Gimme a good self-esteem Gimme good and pure What you waiting for? Gimme everything All your heart can bring Something good and true I don't wanna feel blue anymore, blue I don't wanna feel blue anymore (blue) Gimme, gimme Gimme one more night One last goodbye Let's do it one last time Let's do it one last time One more time I'm sick of looking after you I need a man to hold on to I'm bored of everything we do But I just keep coming back to you I'm sick of looking after you I need a man to hold on to I'm bored of everything we do But I just keep coming back to you For one more night (one more night) One last goodbye (last goodbye) Let's do it one last time (one last time) Let's do it one last time One more time Gimme love, gimme dreams Gimme a good self-esteem Gimme good and pure What you waiting for? Gimme everything All your heart can bring Something good and true I don't wanna feel blue anymore, blue I don't wanna feel blue anymore (blue) Gimme, gimme Gimme anything but blue Blue, blue, royal blue I just wanna know who I'm looking for (blue)