I don't spend too many days Thinking about my reckless ways Broken hearts, rhymes of death Trouble I've brought, pain I've left All the changes I try to make Like drowning bubbles in a giant wake Coughed from the sea onto dry land Brought to life somehow again Hide your tears out in plain sight Hide your tears to catch the light Show your tears to all your friends Then go and hide your tears again Heard her cries through bedroom doors Crashing dreams off distant shores Said everything I shouldn't say Would different matter anyway The stories I could never tell Of lives and wives and city bells They're all wrapped in my arms so dear Though nothing I have can hold them here Hide your tears out in plain sight Hide your tears to catch the light Show your tears to all your friends Then go and hide your tears again I still fall for it every time Take the cure on my own dime Get up, get knocked down again I ask for five and you give me ten I broke into the house of love A dimming light my shadow held 'Til shadows held no light to see With all of it surrounding me Hide your tears out in plain sight Hide your tears to catch the light Show your tears to all your friends Then go and hide your tears again I don't spend too many days Thinking about the reckless ways A man tries to outrun his death Or a broken heart runs out of breath