[Verse 1]
I’ve come to show you every scar my soul achieved since birth
To offer up my heart and all its contents to the earth
So you can give it all a price tag and tell me what I’m worth
But I’m just trying to make you love me

[Verse 2]
I used to think I wrote my words to try and make a spark
To light the way for others who were struggling in the dark
But now I know I only write them in the hope they’ll leave a mark
Yeah, I’m just trying to make you love me

[Chorus]
So tie me to a chair, I want to climb the walls
I opened up the floodgates and I got waterfalls
I took everything that I learned and I sung it out on tape
For I used to be a child and now I’m just a different shape
Yeah, I used to be a child and now I’m just a different shape

[Verse 3]
Laying awake in bed last night it hit me in a flash
The reason that I wear my pain like badges on a sash
The reason that I wear it like a forehead cross of ash
Is I’m trying to make you love me

[Verse 4]
To every long lost friend I never meant to drift apart
To every single in-crowd that I’ll never be a part
To every enemy and every girl that broke my heart
I was just trying to make you love me
[Chorus]
So tie me to a chair, I want to climb the walls
I opened up the floodgates and I got waterfalls
I took all of my broken heart and I sung it out on tape
Because once I fell in love and I fell out a different shape
Oh, every time I fell in love I fell out a different shape

[Verse 5]
For every time I’ve ever felt myself under attack
For everything I wish I was and all I’ll ever lack
Especially for you folks who are talking at the back
Can’t you see I’m dying to make you love me

[Verse 6]
But I could use this microphone for stories not like this
Where I’m not such a victim, you know I'd never take the risk
For when the curtain falls, tomorrow calls and I’m just a narcissist
Who’s still trying to make you love me

[Chorus]
So tie me to a chair, I want to climb the walls
I opened up the floodgates and I got waterfalls
I took everything that I had and I sung it out on tape
Everybody else is ageing, I think that I’m just changing shape
Oh, everybody else is growing, it feels like I’m just changing shape