If you were a baby 
I would take you and run 
I could hide you in the folds of my heart 
There’s a truth in the madness that I can’t get beyond 
And a fever that won’t leave me alone 
I don’t want my heart 
Don’t want my head
Don’t want my friends 
Don’t want my bed 
I can’t live with myself 
I can’t live with myself 
Can’t take no help 
I try to want to 
But I can’t get beyond you
 
I will stare from the window 
At the shapes in the rain 
As the space between us drives me insane 
I can’t live with myself 
I can’t live with myself 
Can’t take no help 
Don’t want no one else 
 
If I was a child I would refuse to leave 
I would sit down on the street 
Kick my legs and scream
I’m not much of a man 
But I know how I am 
I know this won’t fade away 
I will pretend and be strong 
But I wonder where I belong 
And the feeling comes in waves 
A hole in my body, aching 
Like a heart dying 
Or a soul crying 
Exhausted and insecure 
Took all you have and I still want more 
So I reach out to hold you 
But all I do is hurt you 
Hurt you 
I can’t live with myself 
I can’t live with myself 
Can’t take no help 
I try to want to 
But I can’t get beyond you 
If I was a child I would take you and run 
And I say I don’t know... 
But I know 
And I say I’ll go 
You just spent the whole day 
Driving away