You can ask and you can try To drag it out of me Please don't read between the lines I'm not a book you'll see Pages you've been sifting through Stare blankly on the floor They're not to be returned to me The author's closed the door Please close the door Clear the path for honest men Face down on the shore I want to rest my weary head And speak of it no more Time had passed but Wounds won't heal The damage isn't clear I'm in my darkest hour now And suddenly he appears I'm not alone, oh no