All I need is an alibi A lie I've never told And you could be my best kept secret I'll be something you can hold With the rhyme and the rhythm on the radio I get your heart beating right in time But all that I can hear is the sound of the shatter So you can show me yours, but you'll never have mine You've got me where you want me You're pulling all the strings You'll play me 'til I'm broken Run the needle through the vein You say you spent a lifetime living in a fantasy Years in a love grown cold One night hiding out undercover The greatest stories never get told By the sound of the song on the stereo Time ain't on my side All you wanna do is just dance around it But I'm putting up a fight tonight You've got me where you want me You're pulling all the strings You'll play me 'til I'm broken Run the needle through the vein Run the needle right through the vein My heart is scarred and scattered Under fire and against the grain This can't go on forever The record skips, but the song's the same You've got me where you want me You're pulling all the strings You'll play me 'til I'm broken Run the needle through the vein Just run the needle through the vein Run the needle right through the vein Through the vein (Right through the vein) Right through the vein (Through the vein) Right through the vein (Through the vein)