Bed of Lies
(R. Thomas, M. Serletic)
Matchbox Twenty - Mad Season by Matchbox Twenty, 2000

No I would not sleep in this bed of lies
so toss me out and turn in
and they'll be no rest for these tired eyes
marking it down to learning

I don't think that I could take another empty moment
I don't think that I could fake another hollow smile
It's not enough just to be lonely
I don't think that I could take another talk about it

Just like me
you've got needs
and they're only a whisper away
and we softly surrender
to these lives that we've tendered away

(chorus)
But I would not sleep
in this bed of lies
so toss me out and turn in
and they'll be no rest
for these tired eyes
marking it down to learning
I'm marking it down to learning

cause I can

I don't wanna be the one who turns the whole thing over
I don't wanna be somewhere where I just don't belong
where it's not enough just to be sorry
don't you know I feel the darkness closing in?

I tried to be
more than me
and I gave until it all went away
and we've only surrendered
to the worst part of these winters
that we've made

(chorus)

I'm all that I'll ever be
when you
lay your hands
over me

and don't go weak on me, please
I know that it's weak
but God help me
I need this

(chorus x2)

cause I can