[Intro]

      


[Verse 1]


There’s a shad

ow just behind

 me,

shrouding ever

y step I take,

making every p

romise empty,

pointing every

 finger at me.


Waiting like a

 stalking butl

er

who upon the f

inger rests.

Murder now the

 path called “

must we"

just because t

he son has com

e.


Jesus, won’t y

ou fucking whi

stle

something but 

the past and d

one? 

Jesus, won’t y

ou fucking whi

stle

something but 

the past and d

one? 


[Hook]


Why can’t we n

ot be sober?

I just want to

 start things 

over.

Why can’t we d

rink forever.

I just want to

 start this ov

er.


[Verse 2]


I am just a wo

rthless liar.

I am just an i

mbecile.

I will only co

mplicate you.

Trust in me an

d fall as well

.


I will find a 

center in you.

I will chew it

 up and leave,

I will work to

 elevate you

just enough to

 bring you dow

n.


Mother Mary wo

n’t you whispe

r

something but 

what’s past an

d done.

Mother Mary wo

n’t you whispe

r

something but 

what’s past an

d done.


[Hook]


Why can’t we n

ot be sober?

I just want to

 start things 

over.

Why can’t we s

leep forever.

I just want to

 start this ov

er.


[Bridge]


I am just a wo

rthless liar.

I am just an i

mbecile.

I will only co

mplicate you.

Trust in me an

d fall as well

.


I will find a 

center in you.

I will chew it

 up and leave,

Trust me.

Trust me.


[Hook]


Why can’t we n

ot be sober?

I just want to

 start things 

over.

Why can’t we s

leep forever.

I just want to

 start this ov

er.


I want what I 

want. 

I want what I 

want. 

I want what I 

want. 

I want what I 

want.