So here is just the way it is:

I'm not clever enough to fix it

So I try my best to twist it

List the reasons to go

And reasons to stay

Keep it in my chest pocket

Keep it close to me—not near my mother

No, she's always following like a hunter

Creeping through the shadows

'Cause she dwells in every corner

An assimilated fixture that be' stalking like a porter

She likes to dress me up

I swear she treats me like a daughter

But she don't remember me

That picture on her dresser—she pretends that's me

You know, it's like an endless seam

That's running down the leg of this relentless empress

I have heard it

-The voice that talks right by my window

'Is there anybody home inside?

Is there anybody home inside your head?'

You tell me…

You tell me…

I've lost track of the times I've hurt myself

-Life's simple wonders

Yo, this authority speaks with a voice that's so loud

It makes me tuck my tail and hop home

-Protect me from myself

How about protect me from myself?

You are a saint 'cause you protect me from my-fucking-self

I have heard it

-The voice that talks right by my window

'Is there anybody home inside?

Is there anybody home inside your head?'

You tell me…

You tell me…

[scatting]

Whatever

I'd say today's the day to turn away

-Can't fuck this up

Are you petrified?

Call mother!

Say I'm not okay

All I feel inside's coming onto the carpet floor

Are you petrified?

Call mother!

I am not okay

All I feel inside's coming onto the carpet floor