They kept a saying you don’t wanna go playing with the big boys Just stick to the backyard, just stay in your mothers arms Did you expect me to believe all of the evil lies you whispered when the lights went out? There’s good in everyone, but you only taught me how to hate
I’m trying hard just to hold my head up from the shadows There’s more dark than light in me But you painted that, but you created that So keep on walking by, don’t turn around, just stop pretending that you care For all the false smiles, there’s another dying child
Give me another taste Of what you’ve got to give, I know that I can live life afraid Take me, one last time I wanna feel the pain, I wanna feel the shame all the way I want to feel…
I’m realizing how much that you can hide behind a pretty face All the secrets that lie inside, jump out and scar and leave without a trace So I believe I’ll find salvation on the other side of the road For all the false smiles, there’s another dying child
Give me another taste Of what you’ve got to give, I know that I can live life afraid Take me, one last time I wanna feel the pain, I wanna feel the shame all the way All the way, all the way
I’ll keep on fighting, keep on writing all the things that you don’t want to hear Just because I’ll strike a home truth, of what you want to make disappear
It’ll never disappear
Give me another taste Of what you’ve got to give, I know that I can live life afraid Take me, one last time I wanna feel the pain, I wanna feel the shame all the way Give me another taste Of what you’ve got to give, I know that I can live life afraid Take me, one last time I wanna feel the pain, I wanna feel the shame all the way I want to feel…