Lyrics

GIVE IT AWAY
[Intro]
(Verse 1)
You wore me down like gravel on a dead-end street
Thought I was just a shadow sitting at your feet
Kept the pressure rising, tried to break the seal
Told me I was crazy just to keep me from the real
Well, the smoke is clearing, baby, and the vision's getting bright
I'm packing up the wreckage and I'm walking out tonight
You gave me every reason to leave the porch light cold
Now your story's finished and it's getting pretty old.
(Chorus)
So take the love you think you've got and give it all away
Give it to the bar you live in, let the whiskey earn its pay
Give it to your fair-weather friends who love the mess you make
Or your newest little victim, for goodness' sake
Give it to a heartbreaker, or go find your queen
Just don't come knocking--you're the nightmare in my dreams.
(Verse 2)
You picked me clean of patience, took all you could find
Trying to leave your poison in the corners of my mind
I hope you get the harvest from the bitter seeds you sown
God knows you worked hard to leave me standing here alone
But I'm the iron bending, I took on every curve
You're lucky that you're breathing on this spinning green earth
Yeah, you've pushed the limit, you've hit my final nerve
Now I'm taking back the rhythm that I didn't quite deserve.
(Chorus)
So take the love you think you've got and give it all away
Give it to the bar you live in, let the whiskey earn its pay
Give it to your fair-weather friends who love the mess you make
Or your newest little victim, for goodness' sake
Give it to a heart-breaker, or go find your queen
Just don't come knocking--you're the nightmare in my dreams.
(Bridge)
Don't you dare show your face around this yard
The ghosts are loud enough, the silence is hard
You must've hit your head when you fell from that grace
If you thought this twisted cruelty was a love-filled place
Yeah, you thought it was love.
(But it was just a cage.)
(Chorus)
Yeah, take the love you think you've got and give it all away
Give it to the bar you live in, let the whiskey earn its pay
Give it to your fair-weather friends who love the mess you make
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Or your newest little victim, for goodness' sake
Give it to a heartbreaker, or go find your queen
Just don't come knocking--you're the nightmare in my dreams', just stay in the shadows.
Keep the nightmare.
I'm waking up.
I'm finally waking up.