Why, Oh, doctor, oh, Why?
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I'll peel back the skin from my head
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Let the sun melt you from my memory
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I'll drink myself to sleep and escape
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The nightmares of being awake.
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I'll set the air afire.
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You never even tried to tell me
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What went wrong, what went wrong.
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In this train wreck that we built together
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What went wrong, what went wrong.
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Under shaking skin, underneath it all.
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Kill me from within. Kill me, kill me.
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You said always.
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Say you will, pretend to care.
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Say you will be there
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Always.
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Say you will, pretend to care.
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Say you will be there
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Always.
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Steal my breath, taint the air.
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Every bone in my body's been broken
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And my life is a jaw wired shut,
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My voice is my curse and my shelter from the pain
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And I'm breathing carbon just to fall
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Asleep at night. Asleep at night.
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In this train wreck that we built together
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Nothing's right, nothing's right.
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I'm teething.
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I'm cutting gums for the first time.
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Under shaking skin, underneath it all.
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Kill me from within. Kill me, kill me.
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You said always.
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Say you will, pretend to care.
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Say you will be there
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Always.
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Say you will, pretend to care.
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Say you will be there
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You said always.
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You're stabbing my heart.
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Broken hearts, broken doors.
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Dying on a hotel floor.
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Because of a small black box you couldn't receive.
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I'll drive you home tomorrow in silence. My sister will return it.
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This is the end of the summer, and the beginnings of the fall.
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You'll leave me two months later. In an airport goodbye.
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And as the weeks go on the letters and the phone calls decrease.
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Ah, to fade from memory.
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So keep the punches coming:
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left,right,right,left,left.
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Kick the throat you used to kiss.
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Push face into concrete.
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A smile, a giant fist.
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The bloody face of bliss.
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And as I gasp for my last breath,
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I crawl back into your perfect poison arms.
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The Diamond Ring
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| Adair |
