What's life? I'm a hollow shell
That cannot talk to you at night
Wish that I had you on tape
I don't remember what it's like
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Hard times, baby, I need help (hard times, baby)
I don't think my stars align
In bad times, I don't think I'll make it out (make it out)
When you raise your voice, you're tearing out my spine
I've got a heart half-full, but still, I spill
The same way I spill my red wine
But in a moment you slip
And put your lip upon my lip
I won't sue you
(I'll be real with you)
(Hard times, baby, I need help)
I don't speak aloud, I only text
Your friend said that would be alright
I wade through phases I cannot express (I cannot express)
You hear me talk in complicated rhyme
And so I just stay here, planning my next step
Wait home and pace rooms, this is every night
Is it the way you react?
I'll place my hand upon your back
I'll be real with you
This is a crisis, you choose not to see it
I went away, 'cause away's what I needed
This is not treason, but sometimes it feels it
Sometimes you lie and you lie for no reason (lie for no reason)
I'd say you'd stay, but can't honestly mean it
I am in pain and I keep it a secret (hard times)
Hard times, baby, I need help
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Hard times, baby, I need help
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It's not the words that I lack
It's how your eyes look like a cat's
Can't get through to you
(Can't get through to you)
(I'll be real with you)
(Hard times, baby, I need)
(Hard, hard times, baby, I need help)