What Would You Say...You Do Here? Lyrics

How coy of you to coop me up in these off white bedroom walls

If I worked until my fingers bled, would you care at all?

Built your castle with my sweat and tears, one brick for every drop

Volunteered the mortar for nine years

What if I decide to stop?

Go

It's far too late to determine

My fate's already sealed away

Give up I've thrown away the key

If you speak you better be certain

Your money and your mouth are moving the same way

It's not over for me

Oh if you want me to stay

Then why is your knife fixtured right behind me?

Oh if I'm down on my knees

You better bet I'm igniting the floorboards rotting beneath your feet

Suddenly I'm valued and so important now that you see my foot's out the door

So we agree it's clear who needs who more?

How does it feel to be vulnerable?

Hijacked this sinking ship with

Water collecting down in its hull

Funny how I'm the only one who can fix it

Oh if you want me to stay

Then why is your knife fixtured right behind me?

Oh if I'm down on my knees

You better bet I'm igniting the floorboards rotting beneath your feet

You've never been more wrong if you'd have expected me to crawl

Drain the motivation from my veins, now I'm a ghost that haunts these halls

If the overture is playing, then we're due for the start of the show

Three acts of desperation burning up everything you know

Everything you know

Oh if you want me to stay

Then why is your knife fixtured right behind me?

Oh if I'm down on my knees

You better bet I'm igniting the floorboards

And better yet I am writing my own scores from lies between your teeth