[Verse 1]

Well here's the deal

I got this thing

I call it "sad"

And it calls me home

[Chorus]

And I hold this sadness inside of me

And it's here to stay, oh, but I wish it'd leave

[Verse 2]

Sometimes I scare her way down low

And I forget that I'm not alone

But then she comes out late at night

And makes me do things I don't like

[Verse 3]

See there's this man and he says I'm fine

So I take his time and I tell him lies

And he does me right and he gets me high

And I bring him down and I watch him cry

[Chorus]

'Cause I've got this sadness inside of me

And it's here to stay, oh, but I wish it'd leave

[Verse 4]

One night I had myself a dream

Me and Sad played hide-and-seek

And she could not find me 'cause I would not cry

But it make me mean and I woke up tired

[Chorus]

Oh, I've got this sadness

[Outro]

There is no shadow without the light

There is a sadness both day and night