I sigh and see an echo

Of who I used to be

You never knew to let go

Or treat me patiently

Anyway

You were an addiction

Buried in my head

A torturous affliction

I'd be better of dead

Any day

Goddamn!

I can't stand this

The cycle can repeat, but the story's always gotta end

Fading so fast

I feel like I'm dying

And you're on the mend

The silence is killing me

But when you start to talk I wish you couldn't breathe

You said "you're hesitating"

Well, I was waiting

That's all I ever am when you're around

It really makes me wonder

When I'm drowning on dry land

When the current pulls me under

You're nowhere to be found

Anyway

I need to say

Goddamn!

Aren't you aching?

Looking right at me like there's no more blood in your face

Whatever you say

We can wage war until we're both erased

The silence is killing me

But when you start to talk I wish you couldn't breathe

You said "you're hesitating"

Well, I was waiting

That's all I ever am when you're around

And yet I think of those as better days

The ones where every step I took led me further out of place

Always moving past it one more time

The silence is killing me

But then I hear your voice and fall down to my knees

The silence is killing me

But when you start to talk I wish you couldn't breathe

You said "you're hesitating"

Well, I was waiting

That's all I ever am when you're around

And if you're relating

I'm not complaining

I guess what goes around has come around