[Verse 1]
My world astir and sickly
Spits out our voices singing
"Tra la la la" on high now
To kingdom come so slightly
Herein a void in your place
I twitch and tweak in allusion
To sit and stare so blankly
Until our hope is used up
[Chorus]
Why do I always need to need you when you're fleeting?
Where do you go when I'm around?
What have I done? What have I lost that's so defeating?
And have the nerve to wear a crown?
[Hook x4]
Oh na na na na na na hey hey hey hey
[Verse 2]
In some dark room
A smoky figure fills me full
Makes my head swell in ruin
My family kneels at their pew
They nod, "We believe in what you're doing"
I feel you rise above me
The western landscapes towering
And from my shell of a body
The flowers blossom for picking
[Chorus]
[Hook x4]
[Breakdown]
I've waited and waited for someone to take it
Don't fight it, don't bother an inch for another
Don't listen, don't hear them, they're in this together
I've learned well; now hear me, there's much to be fearing
I'm used to your absence, your faceless distractions
I've painted your patterns but found them attractive
Now I've been leaning towards a life far more candid
Though lead through the dark with your eyes as my candles
Where your life and my life's directions can wrangle
And all of a sudden you've left me to handle
The reasons that never forbid me to stand tall
And somehow, oh somehow, I'll find out the secret
To staying alive without actually breathing
