Oh, if I tried, to show you the parts I breathe I could give you the best, give you the best of me And I just wanna hear the sound of our drums marching But I don't want you to let me down, don't you let me down again 'Cause I hold you like water just before the rain And I hold you like fire to ease my pain Yeah, I'm upon to you But I don't recognize me in the shape of you And I don't sympathize with what you can do What you can do to me There must be glory Sadness And laughter For all of my wishes My hoping And after My hoping that after (sadness) sadness There must be glory Sadness And laughter Oh, if I tried, to show you the parts of me Why don't you give me the best Give me the best of you? (Give me the best, the best of you) Because I hold you like water (water) Just before the rain And I hold you like fire (fire) to ease my pain Yeah, I'm upon to you (you-u-u) But I don't recognize me in the shape of you Baby, don't patronize this, it's only you Whatever you're doing to me There must be glory Sadness And laughter For all of my wishes My hoping And after My hoping that after (sadness) sadness There must be glory Sadness And laughter And it's him, he's got all of my emotions in his words Everything that I have been up 'til then He's the reason for all of my tears I'm wearing makeup tryna release myself He's the part of me that can't be heard I don't recognize whatever he says He's the reason for all of my tears I'm wearing makeup tryna release myself Tryna release myself Tryna release myself Oh-oh-oh