[Verse 1]
Sleep the day through
bathed in that hard white light
you sit in the chair
wide awake all night
alone with the static
and the ache in your head
still wired, still staring
at the edge of the bed
[Chorus]
Now what is it you need from me
when everything you tear from me
is every last thing I had to give
The dark you keep naming in the night
and the static crawling through your mind
let go
let me show you how to live
I will show you how to live
[Verse 2]
Your stubborn stillness
dressed up as doubt
that quiet, half-sober
won’t let a sound out
it’s the scratch of your pencil
cutting through the page
same words, same corners
you can’t get the shape
[Chorus]
Yeah what is it you need from me
when everything you tear from me
is every last thing I had to give
The dark you keep naming in the night
and the static crawling through your mind
let go
let me show you how to live
I will show you how to live
[Verse 3]
I tried to
stack your boxes, watched them spill
to the floor, said I meant it
then I sat there still
I’m done with the bailing wire
done with the noise
done hearing your small mouth
call that a choice
You keep dragging it out
like a chain on tile
keep folding into corners
for another while
but I’m deaf to the breaking
deaf to the pleas
you’re lost in the crawlspace
too gone to see
[Chorus]
Yeah what is it you need from me
when everything you tear from me
is every last thing I had to give
The dark you keep naming in the night
and the static crawling through your mind
let go
let me show you how to live
I will show you how to live