I want to go downtown and look some stranger in the face
I want to be myself again, remember why I love this place
I want to wake up now and squeeze the living from this day
I want to believe truly, everything's gonna be okay
But I'm only human now
I'm as vacant as a drum
Won't you tell me I'm allowed
To be overcome
I want to feel clean, shiny and new
I want to wash myself away 'til I'm just a mirror before you
I want the glossy sheen of a new leaf in the rain
I want a solid color that the seasons never change
But I'm only human now
I'm as vacant as a drum
Won't you tell me I'm allowed
To be overcome
I'm moving through your love like a paddle in the sand
Pretending that it's water, 'cause I want to be an easy woman
I want to take a swim in some frozen channel to
Remember I was dying when I washed up gratefully over you
But I'm only human now
I'm as vacant as a drum
Won't you tell me I'm allowed
To be overcome
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I want to make it clear, you don't have to speak up to be heard
Sometimes it's even louder to find some quiet in a word
"Don't let 'em change you, kid", that's what somebody said to me
But you know, it gets harder to hear myself over all this humanity
And I'm only human now
I'm as vacant as a drum
Won't you tell me I'm allowed
To be overcome
To be overcome
To be overcome
To be overcome
To be overcome
To be overcome