we have been sleeping

with the lights on

just about every night

because we are afraid what

the dark might bring

I know, I know it's just a childish fear

that grows and grows wild in the

middle of me



I'm gonna get a new tattoo

black and stretching around my arm

like a life that is visable and real

I know, I know it's stupid

and immature

I just want to give shape to the face

that twists inside

both you and me



breathing fire-

doesn't look good on a resume

neither does anything else we do

we got to get ready for the real world

yeah yeah we got to grow up



you know I like to die for awhile

everyday in the afternoon

I like to let the arms of a bar

wrap around me tight

I'm just going to sprawl

in the front booth

big drink above my head

cross eyes and smiling as

I watch the world

go twisting by



I don't want to die with you,

or live in the same dark room

I don't want to see your

bloodshot eyes no more, no more

I just want to take this girl-

all curls and big brown eyes

man I can't take the pain

of wanting her, needing her



I know the secret of your soul

and I just don't want to know-

yeah, man we got to grow up