Call it what you want
Is it a golden age?
Or just everybody seeing what they want?
Oh, it’s hard to say
Yeah I was thinking maybe I was born to be a smaller flame
Might light the path of fewer men but keeps the fear at bay
And don’t be afraid
Don’t be afraid
Don’t be afraid

I once had my hands on a heart that beat
With every breath I’d breathe
So consistently
Now I have got my hands on a heart that bleeds
I got a heart that leaks
So uncontrollably

I know you’re probably tired
Of all the jokes I tell
I know you’ve heard ’em all a million times
And they don’t age well
Well if you wanna know the truth sometimes I tire of them myself
If you wanna know the truth I fear I dried the well
When I could not be someone else
And now to pay for all my sins
I’ll never make you laugh again
I once had my hands on a heart that beat
With every breath I’d breathe
So consistently
Now I have got my hands on a heart that bleeds
I got a heart that leaks
So uncontrollably

I’m begging you to know me
I’m begging you to figure me out
Are you brave enough to love me?
Are you smart enough to have your doubts?
I’m begging you to know me
I’m always wishing I was someone else
Can you make an honest man of
The kind of liar that deludes himself?
I’m begging you to know me
I’m begging you to figure me out
And when the panic motivates me
Are you strong enough to hold me down?
Are you strong enough to hold me down?
Are you strong enough to hold me down?
Are you strong enough to hold me down?

Because I heard the devil say my name out loud (I once had my hands on a heart that beat)
I heard the devil say my name out loud (I once had my hands on a heart that beat)
I heard the devil say my name out loud (I once had my hands on a heart that beat)
I heard the devil say my name out loud (I once had my hands on a heart that beat)
And now he’s never gonna let me out