When you wake up screaming You have to do what you can To turn a city sidewalk into a desert island There's so much here to ignore The world's much uglier than we gave it credit for I don't need a god to punish me I'm perfectly capable of doing it on my own So leave me alone, oh It's a shame to make the same mistakes But I'm afraid people don't change You'll never save the moth from the flame You made a tape, and play it loud To try and drown the demons out Afraid of what will grow in me A sap to drown the family tree My body's just a thing to eat And where they find me A star is shining Burning my shadow's shape in the concrete