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I Have Nothing But Attention When I Scream
i guess i'm just a square trying to fit in all the wrong circlesit's hard to see your dreams when your eyes are black and purplegetting broken by the beat down in each and every small townsome call it love, i call it a heart-attack with a new soundpopulation: you and me. tonight we're speaking gospel to a handfulturn up the lights so we can see 'em, put our problems on the anvilthis place in an ashtray and you're anything butthe used up end of a cigaret where the nicotine cutsso, filter this second-hand smoke and mirrors routinewe can all be friends, i promise it won't hurt to bledall i have are these deaf, dumb, blind scribblingsevery single word, mile, and prayer for the regardis retarded and never heardthis all i have, it's all i know, it's not a lotall i have are words. here, this is all i gotand i said "hey, i'm sorry. i've been away for such a long timebut i'm here now and you're here now. can that be enough? or do i need to tryplease, i promise to always think of you and give you my lifebut we're together now and it's better now. i've got to go, so please don't cry."i hit the pavement again, but all my knuckles are brokenand there's no use saving 'em cause all i'm doing is chokingit's a hundred more miles on this long-way roadi'm trying and another hundred dies in a row, i'm diving inthat glass of water so i can feel, maybe something to fill the soul. we're all thirsty, i knowSongtextei won't be your clown tonight. sorry, all i got no tricksbut i'm willing to take a look at what you need fixedthat's all i have to offer, i'm the cheap version of what you needi'm a liar, a cheat, and a steal. it's all for methis is my deepest secret, please tell everyone you meetthis is all i have, i have nothing but attention when i scream Aus Songtexte Mania