Numb

"Numb" is about a deep platonic friendship, the kind that in some ways is more intense that any romantic relationship. "I feel everything four million times more than anyone else--I'm very, very sensitive," admits Ghost, as she reveals the personal story behind "Numb." "It's all about not wanting to feel what I felt, wanting to anesthetize myself to the relationship. But the irony is that I did [feel it], of course, otherwise I wouldn't have written the song. When you're going out with someone and it's not working out, you're like, 'Okay, finished, over, it's gone.' With friendships, you can't do that, you can't just go, 'It's over, it's finished.' You always just have to keep working on it. The person I wrote that about is the person I love most in the world. I love him more than anyone in my life, any lover I've ever had. They bring great things to you, but for every luxury, there's a heartache, there's a price to pay."

I didn't notice you

Didn't have a point of view

All the things that mattered then

only really hit me when I saw that inside you were scared

lying on a bed of nails

build me up to watch me fail

all the ones that went before

never really wanted more than you were not willing to give

chorus

I'm falling down

can't see the truth

I know the hell that you've been through

I'm falling out of love with you

but I'll find defences

I'll try to care less

Won't someone help me feel numb

Felt the sting of acid rain

Sweet messiah come again sitting on my pedestal

I never really felt at all that I'm the same person as you

I'm falling down

can't see the truth

I know the hell that you've been through

I'm walking side by side with you

but I'll find defences

I'll try to care less

Won't someone help me feel numb

I'll find defences

I'll try to care less

Won't someone help me feel numb