Buy Myself

I woke up counting what was left of me

Guess I was dreaming

'Bout some pieces I had lost

Had all my toes and fingers

My hair, my teeth, my tongue

But peeling off those sweaty sheets

I saw all my guts were gone

I blocked the doorway to the bedroom

In case the thief was still at hand

But I know that I'm alone

And I'm scared of death of finding

That some bastards at the pawnshop

Well, they sold my soul for cheap

Where will I find

The currency to buy myself again?

I'm broken and I'm slipping off

Into this drunken sleep

What nagging voice keeps whispering to me?

Who is that devil in my ear?

I will not listen; I will not listen

There are some things a man don't wanna hear

Outside the daylight's giving up to dark

Footprints fading fast into the thick of night

Under naked lamp I kneel

And take a closer look until

I recognize the tell-tale shape

Of my own compromise

I'm always staring at my shadow

Why won't I look up at the light?

(Guitar solo)

I write myself a little poetry

Dictated by the demons in my ear

I will not listen; I will not listen

There are some things a man ain't meant to hear

And I fear I'm left alone

With a man of no ambition

Well, I know he'll never wake up

Till it's all about to end

I will not drown tied to the dead weight

Of everything I should have been

Whatever's left of me I'll bargain

To buy myself again

Buy myself

Buy myself

I'm gonna buy myself

Buy myself

Buy myself

Till I'm whole again