I’ve come a long way since you thought you knew me well   How could you know me when I didn’t know myself?   A stranger in my own skin   A little boy just waiting   Can’t grow up fast enough, can’t get out fast enough      And sometimes when I crack, the animals are back   Sometimes when I speak there’s someone alse inside of me   And every now and then   The kid comes back, this precious friend, he won’t let go   I told you so      How can I let you in?   How to describe this feeling?   I’ve left all words behind   I’ve thrown them in the river   The storm is gathering, I feel it in my skin   I saw the moon go black, I felt my heart collapse      And sometimes when I crack, the animals are back again   Sometimes when I crash, I’m seeing colors not existing   And all the time I hear this little kid’s voice   There ain’t no choice, he won’t let go   I told you so      I wanted to stop the tape   I wanted to freeze the frame   I saw it on TV, the bed’s already made for me   So heaven, dress me in a white sheet, lay me in a rusty bed   Heaven take the ceiling off me   Help me put the pieces back