Embrace yourself, just like I should do I can't help it no this feeling's so new I tell myself the things you'd like to I think I missed them but I'll try it again It seems like everybody's gone Someone please tell me where to run to My head is one floor below while my hands want to get out I'm feeling like the girl next door who's about to get burned out

An open window, wind blows in And I'm out to somewhere else Friends inform me on what happened today It's getting late, but I don't mind 'cause I'm here to stay all night There's no need to get out of bed Make some coffee have some bread A kiss goodbye and then off to work Where everybody talks about the weather And whose favorite team did better Making pointless calls, writing pointless letters Waking up by the sound of people laughing at me A drink too many, a smooth move that wasn't smooth at all Which comes into my mind right when I fall Passed out drunk onto the floor My key just doesn't fit the door anymore Or at least I think so No more alcohol for me What a bright idea I sometimes try to stupefy myself with intellect But a hangover is all that's ever left They told me college years should be the best time of my life But I want a wife and a job from nine to five So I'll have to get out of bed Make some coffee have some bread A kiss goodbye and I'm off to work Where we all talk about the weather And whose favorite team did better Making pointless calls, writing pointless letters We're writing pointless letters So I'll just get out of my bed Make some coffee have some bread A kiss goodbye and I'm off to work Where we all talk about the weather And whose favorite team did better Making pointless calls, writing pointless Or should we instead be writing songs Sitting on the balcony My guitar and me

There’s no one left in here at all There’s no one left awake who I could even call There’s no way out and I want out I guess I must have missed that brick and mortar wall My bullets all completely miss Their common target by a single inch I wonder if I’m understood But I’m not sure if that would do me any good I’m still rocking steady but it’s getting heavy And I’m not that good on the drums Well I’m getting better writing lovely letters But it all just doesn’t work And in an awkward kind of twist I get an offer I just can’t resist I’m getting closer to the edge Ready for lift-off but still hoping that my feet will stick I’m still rocking steady but it’s getting heavy And I’m not that good on the drums Well I’m getting better writing lovely letters But it all just doesn’t work

In some way it's like an airplane Accelerate and then take off You fly so high you are unreachable Everybody down there seems so small So fast, so high, you're like some goddess It takes just a flash to get to where you want to go So tell me what's your destination Or is to fly high your main goal Can I have your attention right now I really need your attention now Always first and always knowing all the facts You must be very good at Trivial Pursuit How can someone be an expert at most anything Or are you saying far more than you should I hope some day you'll meet real experts They know a lot more than you're willing to admit But don't you try to keep that quiet 'cause all those other people still don't see you're faking it Can I have your attention right now I really need your attention now It’s oh so hard these days to come up with new stuff But still you try to get more and more and more Please take a breath, sit down, relax, and try to be yourself But let me warn you: that's been done before