Well it's been ten years and a thousand tears

Yesterday is history and tomorrow's a mystery

It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this? It was only a kiss

I fell apart in your arms for the last time

Good times come and good times go

Left alone to deal with all the pain-drenched

sorrowed relief, bite the lip just forget the bleeding

You said you loved me as you left me

You act like you never had love, and you want me to go without

So I sit here at the edge of my bed

I strum my guitar and I sing

an outlaw love song

Thinkin' bout what you're doin' now

and when you're coming back

I'm high on misery, can't you see?

Coffee and cigarettes are my only escape

I'll make it to the moon if I have to crawl

I gave my life away

Hung down with the freaks and ghouls

I spent all my money, I've been drinking since a half past noon

I'm born to lose, I'm destined to fail

This pain it visits almost nightly

Making friends with the shadows on my wall

Assembling their philosophies on pieces of broken memories

This house is haunted, it's so pathetic, it makes no sense at all

Your friends say "what is it? You look like you've seen a ghost"

You better get your shit together!

It sure as hell ain't normal, but we deal, we deal

And whatever pain may come, today this ends

Where are you now? And I'm so sorry, I cannot sleep, I cannot dream tonight, I need somebody and always

Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface

This sick strange darkness, comes creeping on, so haunting every time

The kind of darkness that haunts a hundred year old house

Take me down to the river-bend, wash the poison from off my skin, show me how to be whole again

Cause these words are knives that often leave scars

Drop me down in the dream below,

You've got to promise not to stop when I say when

Your secrets keep you safe,

your lies keep you alive

Who do you need? Who do you love?

When you come undone

Everywhere I go, I carry this coffin just in case

Just close your eyes and pretend that you're already dead, so that you can sleep with a smile

I'm missing you so much I'll see you die tonight

I'm ready for the funeral

No one dared disturb the silence

Isn't everything wonderful now?

See the world in green and blue

Maybe then you might see what it's like

This was no accident,

this was a therapeutic chain of events

You lit a cigarette as

I watched you walk away

turned to a silhouette

but your words will never fade.

I fell into your fantasy

that's all our love will ever be.

You held me down

but I broke free.

I don't need new wings to fly

I don't need a hand in mine,

not this time.

I close my eyes and

move you to the back of my mind

Where feelings mean

nothing now

All those yesterday feelings

will all be lost in time

Somethings are

permanent,

like the

ink that's

in my skin.

I'm just a poor boy

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away.

I used to recognize myself

It's funny how reflections change.

I'm in the corner watching you kiss her

She wore a raspberry berret 

with Drops of Jupiter in her hair

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone.

Nothing lasts forever

and we both know hearts can change

We're smiling but we're close to tears

Where did I go wrong?

I know the truth and it haunts me

I will follow you into the dark

I dreamed that love would never die

I thought she knew my world revolved around her.

You're the saddest bunch I've ever met

So pack up, go home, you're through

I was told when I get older all my fears would shrink

But now I'm insecure and I care what people think

I'm just a sad song

I walk a lonely road

The only one that I have ever known

Don't know where it goes

But it's home to me and I walk alone

We'll build a perfect family

I'm not okay

You wear me out

And I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist

Please don't make any sudden moves

You don't know the half of the abused

Still I'd trade all my tomorrows

For just one yesterday

Put a bullet through my head

And I'm gone, gone, gone, gone.

We touch I feel a rush

We clutch it isn't much

But it's enough to make me wonder what's in store for us

It's lust, it's torturous

You must be a sorceress 'cause you just

Did the impossible

Gained my trust don't play games it'll be dangerous

If you fuck me over

'Cause if I get burnt I'ma show you what it's like to hurt

'Cause I've been treated like dirt before you

And love is "evol"

Spell it backwards I'll show you

You living in a world that come with plan B

Cause plan A never relay a guarantee

And plan C never could say just what it was

And your plans only can pan around love

You love him, you love them, you love her

You love so much, you love when love hurts

You love red-bottom and gold they say queen

You love hand-bag on the waist of your jean

You love french tip and trip that pay for

You love bank slip that tell you we paid more

You love a good hand whenever the card dealt

But what love got to do with it when you don't love yourself

we're too tired.

i fill a tall glass,

i got drinks to drink, and men to hold.

there's no more fighting, 

so come back when i'm good and old.

i thought you were a hurricane,

you came to take me away.

like an animal

i need you,

but

as long as i keep dancing

i'm alive.

your body's poetry

and

this too shall pass.

there are no winners when the die is cast,

it's just young lovers' romance.

(All lyrics taken from Sia's album, This Is Acting.)

Out in the street at 6AM, another sleepless night

I can usually drink you right off of my mind,

But I miss you tonight.

Thought of giving all away

But, I've got the power and I've got the will,

I'm not a charity case!

Once bitten twice shy

My friends feel it's their appointed duty

They keep tryin' to tell me

My girlfriend's a dick magnet

Wrap me in a bolt of lightning

Send me on my way still smiling

Are you gonna kiss me or not

Laid beside you and I pulled you close

Comfortably numb

All of me loves all of you

I don't care too much for money

Babe, I love you

Don't let the sun go down on me

With the curtains drawn and a little last night on these sheets

Love me like you mean it

We don't have to take our clothes off

The heart wants what it wants

I'm gonna love you like I'm gonna lose you

I'm a man of constant sorrow

Imagine all the lonely people

I'm not the only one

Ain't about shoulda, coulda, wish I woulda

You and I, we don't wanna be like them

But there's nothing like the warmth of the one who has put in the time and you know is gonna be there

Bring it on home

Stay

Lost inside myself,

Without you,

I feel my future slip away.

I sing myself a quiet lullaby,

But it doesn't mean anything

Now that you're gone.

I try to hide inside the pain;

The escape is laced

With the familiar taste

Of poison.

I'm banging on the door of an angel.

Everything's on fire.

It's all crashing down.

Can you hear me?

You shout, but I can't hear a word you say.

Your voice won't make a sound.

I watch myself fade away.

Feels like I'm the only one who's scared.

Will you stay?

Bring me peace?

Sing me to sleep?

Say you'll remember me.

If I close my eyes

And I can't find my way to you,

At least I can say that I've tried.

The sun is going down.

I've had enough.

Somebody make me feel alive.

I need a hero.

Is it you?

No.

We were always meant to say goodbye.

The moment you decide to let love in,

I want you to move on.

You lost the love I loved the most;

I love you enough to let you go.

I'm setting fire to the life that I know.

I can still remember feeling full of joy.

The answer can be found.

I remember you said, "Don't leave me here alone,"

But I'm already gone.

I can see the path that leads away.

Years of too much time wasted

In each line upon my face.

The scariest part is letting go.

I wish you well,

Even when the music's gone.

Fear not the missteps, take the falls,

Lay down your head and close your eyes.

You'll be alright.

The end of fear is

Where I love you.

Come morning light,

You can never hurt me again.

I was here, you were there 

Guess we never could agree

While the sun shines on you

I need some love to rain on me

All the times we were together,

I never really mattered

All you see is what you want

My heart is being shattered

Now I dont wanna see you anymore

Don't wanna be the one to play your games

Not even if you smile your sweetest smile

Not even if you beg me darling please.

1st stanza: lyrics from "One Last Cry" by Brian McKnight,  2nd stanza: lyrics from "stuck" by Daren Espante, 3rd stanza: lyrics from "Stiches and Burns" by Fra Lippo Lippi)

Every now and then the stars align, and

everyone told me love was blind.

Baby, heaven's in your arms. 

I bless the rains down in Africa, I

baptize my soul with the help of your waters.

Take me to church.

In a land of Gods and Monsters I was an angel,

I s[aw] fire burning the trees.

Good God, let me give you my life.

Every time I close my eyes it's like a dark paradise,

no one compares to you.

Heaven help a fool who falls in love.