Everything

In a Mississippi hotel room

I was wounded and confused

As I watched the 10 o’clock news

I was waiting on a late night call

That I knew would never come

And though I doubt it’s what you’d want

I call you from the steps outside

You say you were fast asleep

And every lies, it tortures me

I can’t kill what does not bleed

So please explain

Can you tell me what it is you need?

‘Cause I’ve been trying, still I cannot see

These wasted moments brought me to my knees

I just wanna give you everything

If morning is my darkest time

In the night I sometimes find

There is comfort without lie

I’ve been living with no hope

It was a shame to let it go

But it was drowning me so slow

I’ve never felt so far away

From the boy I used to be

And I wonder what he’d see

From the corner of some ship

He met me today

Can you tell me what it is you need?

‘Cause I’ve been trying, still I cannot see

These wasted moments brought me to my knees

I just wanna give you everything

In the letter that you wrote me last

There were words that burned to hear

And red lipstick on the mirror

You said loving me’s a great mistake

‘Cause I have never loved myself

And I am sorry if you found

But maybe you could offer help

To someone like me

Can you tell me what it is you need?

‘Cause I’ve been trying, still I cannot see

These wasted moments brought me to my knees

I just wanna give you everything