I've been awake 'cause I don't know what to do
Theres such a gap between what I want and the truth
And in all of the conversations I've had with you
I wonder if anything I said touched you so you knew
I don't want to be awake
I don't want to be asleep
There's a hole right through me now
And I don't think that I can eat
I've taken all the drugs and drink
I could to calm me down
All because you couldn't do
What it would take to win me 'round
All this has become is a breathing exercise
And I feel like I'm exploding
With this love and this life
All I ever wanted was for you to see it in me
And to give me the reassurance
That I desperately need
Theres such a gap between what I want and the truth
And in all of the conversations I've had with you
I wonder if anything I said touched you so you knew
I don't want to be awake
I don't want to be asleep
There's a hole right through me now
And I don't think that I can eat
I've taken all the drugs and drink
I could to calm me down
All because you couldn't do
What it would take to win me 'round
All this has become is a breathing exercise
And I feel like I'm exploding
With this love and this life
All I ever wanted was for you to see it in me
And to give me the reassurance
That I desperately need