[Verse 1]
You sigh, repeat yourself
Sorry I'm no good at taking orders
I'm stubborn to the core
Although I'm just a weed, let me grow

You'll hate the words on which I choke
So block out all these dulcet tones
And stoke the flames that dance 'neath my toes
Keep me warm and singe all my clothes

[Chorus]
Shut the curtains, hold me close
Strip me of my comfort prose
Ignore the shaking of my bones
Breathe life into both my barren lungs

[Verse 2]
Old man's knees at seventeen
Limped through my adolescence
Why did the keyhole surgery
Have to be another complication?

I wake violently with traffic in my head
Argue silently with the demons in my bed
[Chorus]
Shut the curtains, hold me close
Strip me of my comfort prose
Ignore the shaking of my bones
Breathe life into both my barren lungs