Sometimes when the lights go out I pretend that I'm someone else I pretend like the best of them If I hold If I hold my breath Just to feel My insides ache From the pressure Then I breathe again If I could remember When it fell apart The broken glass and bloody lips And I'm checking off your list Calling ex-girlfriends To tell them I'm sorry Forgetting the next day Trying to sleep it all away Just to sleep it all away Sometimes when the lights go out I pretend that I'm someone else I pretend like the best of them Just for a little while If I could remember When it fell apart The broken glass and bloody lips And I'm checking off your list Another cold December Spent waiting by the phone The broken glass and bloody lips And I'm checking off your list Calling ex-girlfriends To tell them I'm sorry Forgetting the next day Trying to sleep it all away Just to sleep it all away Just to sleep it all away Just to sleep it all away Just for a little while If I could remember When it fell apart The broken glass and bloody lips I'm checking off your list Another cold December Spent waiting by the phone The broken glass and bloody lips And I'm checking off your list