Scratch your name on my collar tag. I'm living inside.
I don't need to rely on some well-meant advice.
If I don't wash it away, it'll take so much more time to explain
And before I confide and trust somebody near,
Prove it's worthwhile to stay in. I'm not what I appear.
If I don't wash it away, I'll take so much more time to explain
Who's longing to call the shots in here?
Who's longing to call the shots in here?
Until I break out running from all I disguise,
Put my thoughts back together to my mother's surprise.
If I don't wash it away, I'll take so much more time to explain
I'm calling it off. I'll find something better.
I'm wearing it out to find someone new,
To call me a friend, to call me a lover.
Or be some mere stranger in passing to you
I'm calling it off. I've never felt safer.
I'm wearing it out to find somebody new
To care and provide the things I can't pay for
And cut through all strings attached, tear and renew
If I'm staying out, cut to the bone.
If I'm getting tired and all alone,
I feel so tied to you after all this time.
There's not regret, I feel alright. I feel so
If I'm staying out, cut to the bone
Am I feeling safe and sound despite
I'm staying out, cut to the bone
Am I feeling safe and sound despite
Who's longing to call the shots in here?
Who's longing to call the shots in here?