(you deserve, you deserve, you deserve, you deserve)

and i
i told a tale for you
i traced a line around my head
and i
i've been sleeping on nails for you
all tangled sheets on iron bed

and at night even the slightest twitch or tremor
needling my side 'till i'm awake
and when i'm trying to get to sleep i will remember
running through my mind and across the page

and my own head will trace what i am living
and somewhere in there you are muttering my name
i will express my thanks for all that you are giving
yelling with my voice too far away

given a nervous laundry list of bad decisions
i admit that i have made throughout my life
i'd say the fact that i can stand to still be grinning
qualifies me to now give out this advice:

if despite your best intentions you are only wreaking havoc
if your gaze is still unsteady and your concience is on loan
oh just hide your shaking hands and keep your head on automatic
and fight the million needle pressures, don't let anybody know

so with my breath held i am saying thank you
so in a hard sell i am saying thank you
as the ground shakes i am saying thank you
testing my heart rate i am saying thank you thank you

and with no feeling i am saying thank you
asleep on the ceiling i am saying thank you
like a nervous twitch i am repeating thank you
with a scratch that i won't itch i'm saying thank you thank you

and in a panic attack, well, i am saying thank you
and behind your back i am saying thank you
and with my fate sealed i am saying thank you
all this revealed i am still saying thank you, still saying thank you

and when i can't breathe i am saying thank you
and down on my knees i am saying thank you
when my head is racing i am saying thank you,
up all night pacing i am saying thank you

thank you, i am saying thank you, i am saying thank you, i am saying
louder and louder and louder and louder
thank you, i am saying thank you, i am saying thank you, can you hear me?
louder and louder and louder and louder

can you hear me?