I've got blood all over my hands, in my eyes, on the strings It's pouring out all over my favorite things My guilty heart is beating faster, every time I try to sing It seizes up and my lungs begin to sting Only time will tell Is it written all over my face? Should I even feel ashamed? Or is it that early thirties thing, where some guys just go insane? And then the doctors give us lithium, but we're never quite the same Do we retreat to younger years to stop the pain? Only time will tell You say there's not a god? Goddamnit I could use a little faith to keep from crawling out of my skin I think it's adding up Staying up blowing tombstone powder with the broken hearted liars again I think I've had enough All my records feel like yearbook pictures, there's fondness but I can't remember where I've been So I'm sharpening my pen, shooting the ink into my skin Baby here's where we begin