I could use a suggestion box or two
Throw in your critiques, I know you wanted to
I’ll flash a smile, take a picture
And you’ll have captured all the good
I’ll nod along at your stricture
Like you seem to think I should
One can always improve, I agree
But have a little sympathy

It’s not as simple as black and white
Or wrong and right
I’m gonna have bad days
If you don’t walk away
I swear I’ll make it worth your time

Take me as I am in all my flaws & fury
In my gleaming glory, that I hardly deserve
Take me with my questions and doubts
My answers no one wondered about
But I offered anyway
Take me without any sweetener
In the theater with no make-up or lights
I’m not asking for alacrity
All I ask is you take all of me
Take all of me, take me
I can’t change the way my brain operates
I don’t always love everything it creates
You’ll laugh at me, I’ll deserve it
When I step just outside the line
It’s not hard for me to admit
That it’s not a constant cloud nine
But can you accept that, accept me?
That’ll be all I ever need

It’s not as simple as black and white
Or wrong and right
I’m gonna have bad days
If you don’t walk away
I swear I’ll make it worth your time

Take me as I am in all my flaws & fury
In my gleaming glory, that I hardly deserve
Take me with my questions and doubts
My answers no one wondered about
But I offered anyway
Take me without any sweetener
In the theater with no make-up or lights
I’m not asking for alacrity
All I ask is you take all of me
Take all of me, take me
Think I’m realizing
The lows go with the highs
There’s no need for goodbyes
Cuz when lows come highs will follow
If you hang on ‘till tomorrow
You’ll get the best seat in the house
When I fall I can always stand again
But I can never pretend
That it didn’t happen
So I need you to

Take me as I am in all my flaws & fury
In my gleaming glory, that I hardly deserve
Take me with my questions and doubts
My answers no one wondered about
But I offered anyway
Take me without any sweetener
In the theater with no make-up or lights
I’m not asking for alacrity
All I ask is you take all of me
Take all of me, take me