Through the Night and Back Again

[Verse 1] Mornings like this I feel like leaving Though I'll have to hollow out my heart I'm scraping out the insides of a pumpkin Paint a twisted face and carve it out Paint a twisted face and carve it out [Verse 2] Dress it up like someone else's nightmare Candle flickering alive inside And I'll keep it scowlin' on the doorstep of my love So others are afraid to go inside So others are afraid to go inside [Verse 3] Mornings like this I feel like leaving Though I'll have to pick apart my brain Like a flock of crows upon a scarecrow If he could raise his voice they'd fly away If he could raise his voice they'd fly away [Verse 4] Maybe those birds they keep him company Maybe he considers them his friends But I know they're not, they're just slowly eating him And soon he'll be a shadow on the wind And soon he'll be a shadow on the wind [Pre-Chorus] I've tried hard, oh darlin' To keep the balance too But it's not me, it's you Who's kicking us back and forth like this Tripping up back and forth like this Slipping up back and forth like this Kicking us back and forth like this [Chorus] With the pills And the falls And the thrills Of seeing it all Through the night I'm back again (x2) [Verse 5] Cold nights like this I feel like stayin' In the bedroom of a lady in the bay But I hope by now you know I'll never leave you Pack my beat up bags and fly away Pack my beat up bags and fly away [Verse 6] The mind of a man is a simple place A self sufficient cabin in the woods So if you're movin' in you better keep your steady pace Or you'll be living in this woods alone Or you'll be living in this woods alone [Verse 7] Cold nights like this I feel like stayin' In the darkness and the comfort of my cave There's somethin' there for every little daydream A spark that flickers up and turns to flame A spark that flickers up and turns to flame [Verse 8] If you wanna fight me there then fight me We can walk ten paces then turn But if you want me dead you'll just have to shoot me through Because I would rather die than see you in pain I would rather die than see you in pain [Pre-Chorus] I've tried hard, oh darlin' To keep the balance too But it's not me, it's you Who's kicking us back and forth like this Tripping up back and forth like this Slipping up back and forth like this Kicking us back and forth like this [Chorus] With the pills And the falls And the thrills Of seeing it all Through the night I'm back again (x2)