wear your tears like jewelry
keep painting the sadness on your face
for everyone to see
open the doors to that china case
you're living in anyway
'cause you can't seem to escape
from this doll you portray
a little rag doll, limp and grey
so delicate and frayed
but your doll face sure knows how to betray
so i'll bite my tongue
until it bleeds
to hold back the words
that seem to mislead
my thoughts and feelings
i keep inside
til the hurt i need
has been supplied
by you
wear your heart on your sleeve
be convincing so they believe that
your words have meaning
though that's just what they lack
they'll clap anyway
starved of 'genius' that will surpass
their own right now
so their tragicomical lives soon pass
and no one notices
how they're never gonna make it or last
but i'll bite my tongue
until it bleeds
to hold back the words
that seem to mislead
my thought and feelings
i keep inside
til the hurt i need
has been supplied
by you
by now you should know
if you box up your words you'll box up your soul
so just keep writing
since lying to everyone just seems so inviting
even though you don't speak truth
of anything and everything you once thought you knew
you know i still care
no matter where i go i'm always getting nowhere
so be proud
because it's always been you that allowed
all of this to happen to me
the only one who saw enough to see the lies
to stand by
to know why
but i'll bite my tongue
until it bleeds
to hold back the words
that seem to mislead
my thoughts and feelings
i keep inside
til the hurt i need
has been supplied
by you