There's A Boy Lyrics

There's a boy sat outside my window

When he cries, only I can hear

As I pull him inside, to my room every night

I whisper, child, we don't do that here

Little girl stood still upon my mantle

Holds up the frame in which she stands

Smiles back through the glass, she waits till I pass

And then covers up her face with both hands

They all come at night when I'm dying to sleep

I'm taken hostage again by the weight of the sheets

Can you cut me free, or take my eyes at least

The ghosts that I see remind me of you

Cause in the whites of their eyes I can see the truth

The fear and the shame and the pain I hide

I don't wanna believe, please take my eyes

There's a boy who he is I don't remember

But he whispers things I understand

Through gritted teeth, almost chokes as he pleads

I can't see anymore, you must guide my hands

They all come at night when I'm dying to sleep

I'm taken hostage again by the weight of the sheets

Can you cut me free, or take my eyes at least

The ghosts that I see remind me of you

Cause in the whites of their eyes I can see the truth

The fear and the shame and the pain I hide

I don't wanna believe, please take my eyes

There I am, standing in the mirror

By a window, in a picture with no frame

I scream to the past, and then the boy in the glass

But my reflection doesn't look the same