I'm trying here, too hard to pretend lately Quit changing the rules that I bend Daily I'm wasting the time that I spend Chasin' the you that I hold in my head Escaping you under my skin I'm sinking Getting stoned with my friends I think of you Even the Midas touch is gonna turn to rust In the bitter end, baby The soles of the shoes on my feet are faded And all of the people I meet are waitin' For letters I'll never complete Sayin' the world that I built in my dreams is caving in With you under my skin I'm sinking Getting stoned with my friends I think of you Even the Midas touch is gonna turn to rust In the bitter end, baby Why'd you fuck with my heart? It's plain to see I was holding on, hoping this could ever be I read it, but I don't believe it I said it and I don't regret it at all, baby With you under my skin I'm sinking Getting stoned with my friends I think of you Even the Midas Touch is gonna turn to rust In the bitter end, baby