[Verse 1]
I'll tell you how it went
And all the time we spent, trying to make something of us
Something we knew, but never was

Laid faced down on the bed
And spoke in tongues with the dead
The times you saw me lose my cool:
The stares were blank, the words were cruel…

[Pre-Chorus]
But what if I, was the problem the whole time?

[Chorus]
Well, I'd beg forgiveness and oblige
The ground just opened wide and ate me whole
Why am I, so happy I could die?
There were no words to say “goodbye,”
The ground just opened wide and ate you whole

[Verse 2]
Figured they'd figure out soon
They never put a man on the moon
And no one knows the truth
Pete Rose and Babe Ruth…
What if you got there to see
That it's not what you believed?
No blinding lights or smiling teeth…
I'd tell you "you were wrong all along" and
You'd tell me that you hate me

[Pre-Chorus]
But what if I, was the problem the whole time?

[Chorus]
Well, I'd beg forgiveness and oblige
The ground just opened wide and ate me whole
Why am I, so happy I could die?
There were no words to say “goodbye,”
The ground just opened wide and ate you whole

[Bridge]
I'm always looking for the answers and wondering why
The rules were ever made for us if we never abide…
I'm always looking for the answers and wondering why
The rules were ever made for us if we never abide…
I'm always looking for the answers and wondering why
The rules were ever made for us if we never abide…
I'm always looking for the answers and wondering why
The rules were ever made for us if we never abide…
[Pre-Chorus]
But what if I, was the problem the whole time?

[Chorus]
Well, I'd beg forgiveness and oblige
The ground just opened wide and ate me whole
Why am I, so happy I could die?
There were no words to say “goodbye,”
And the ground just opened wide