How could I, how could I, how could I
Have wasted all that, all that I have spent
When I have, when I have, when I have
Been living on a life that′s been lent
Their names coat the bathtub
Their echoes fill the drawers
I don't think there is much left for me to love anymore
How could I, how could I, how could I
How I tell you such beautiful stories
And I want to rip apart your grin
But instead I just curl up my knuckles and wait
I′ll never have a child, no I'll never have a child
I don't trust any chin that′s been, that′s been born innocent
But if I were to, if I were to hold their hand
I'm not so sure I′d find a difference in our skin
But I am hit and burn and carve and slap and scrape
How could they know, they wouldn't know how pain can make a cave
How do I say my softness is just rage contained?
So I just smile and I thank you for the compliment
Can′t you hear them singing?
They've left this world and left behind this ringing
I block my ears, they bind my eyes
And tell me that they′re never leaving
What can I do to make you all go away?
They say you are in us as much they are in me
Bloodline, blood let, oh let me let this go and they say no
I sit you down, untie my tongue
And tell you how it feels
In a cave that will never heal
You hold in your two hands
What you don't know how to say
It's alright, I didn′t expect an answer anyways
And for a moment things seem to slow
Your eyes will never meet the hollows in mine