That I could protect you from your heart That I could protect you from your past Man I wish I could protect you from the hole that she left in you But it's getting pretty clear now that I can't When this life comes crashing down on me at last When I'm wishing I could save me from my past When everything I knew that I should say Gets swallowed up in being so afraid You are the only thing I'd save From a life that's always putting me in my place Of course it's you he longs to take The man is always pissing in my cornflakes Yeah you are the only thing I'd save From a world that's gonna kill you if you won't break From a world that's gonna put me into my place But for me, there will be no special haste I won't be afraid She will make it out Alive again this time But I know we're fucked if I say it I will be afraid I will be afraid I will not tempt fate

Annie do you still love me Even though I've been away For so long lately And Annie do you think of me Even after all of six years When you still loved me Annie do you still love me Even though I have amounted to a A lot of nothing I'm six months away On the seventh floor Will you remember who I was before Annie do you still love me Even though I've been away For so long lately And Annie do you still love me Even though I have amounted to a A lot of nothing And all the nurses and the doctors know your name Put your picture in my only picture frame Do you miss me I sincerely hope you do Please don't forget me When I feel like someone new And I asked her Do you think that she'll remember me Of Course I Do

I have been soaking up sleep like a sponge I don't feel any better There's a crow in the yard Only life I remember He's been asking me If she'll ever get better I don't mind If you don't Just don't ever get worse And I'll carry you To the ends of the earth Till my bones sink through the soles of my shoes Up the three flights of stairs to our bedroom Break my ribs, open my chest, give you my lungs If it meant you could rest If it meant you could run If it meant you could run If it meant you could run If it meant you could run If it meant you could run Fuck if it ain't my luck to get the blood type wrong Drums in my head beat their tired song Oh, you poor boy, you poor boy You got a long and healthy life ahead of you We gotta pull a couple of teeth every year or two If you learn how to run we're gonna break her knees You two can walk on your hands for as long as you please For as long as you please For as long as you please For as long as you please For as long as you please For as long as you please For as long as you please

My friends are waiting For their come ups I am just waiting For a phone call If it's good news Time starts ticking away If it's bad news I think my brain is gonna break I kissed you sober In your parent's driveway Thinking all my bad days were through You said Aaron, there are two kinds of sadness I think I know what you meant You fit squarely into The second category My innocent days had come and went My innocent days had come and went My innocent days had come and went My innocent days had come and went My innocent days had come and went My mother cried When I told her I didn't know god could be so cruel She said Aaron there are two kinds of sadness I had hoped you wouldn't learn that so soon I had hoped you wouldn't learn that so soon I had hoped you wouldn't learn that so soon I had hoped you wouldn't learn that so soon I had hoped you wouldn't learn that so soon The doctor cried When he told you But you said that everything would be okay I should have said honey There are two kinds of sadness And I don't think this one goes away I don't think that this one Goes away I don't think that this one Goes away I don't think that this one Goes away I don't think that this one Goes away My friends are waiting For their come ups While I'm just waiting For a phone call If it rings I will be too scared to answer If it rings I will be too scared to breathe Yeah if it rings I will be too scared to answer it If it rings If it rings I'll be as calm As you need me to be Yeah if it rings I'll be as calm As you need me to be Yeah if it rings I'll be as calm As you need Me to be Yeah if it rings I'll be as calm As you need me to be Oh if it rings I'll be as calm As you need me to be Yeah if it

Jump from the top of the stairs Into open arms Screaming to infinity And beyond Holes in sheetrock walls Everything I own in three trash bags I'm going home I'll leave you alone Alone in your six-bedroom house With her teeth knocked out But it's not your fault So you just keep going Whether or not I should have, I forgot Despite everything I said I hope you wake up I left a letter with the nurse I got a plane to catch Despite everything you broke I just want you to know That I'm sorry For the life that we shared I'm sorry For the part that I played I still try to call you all the time But I know, I know, I know I'll never get to say