Lying awake, on my own again  I can finally steal the entire bed  And yet I curl into this ball of flesh  Protected from the chill that starts  Inside my bones and spreads to parts  Of me that I'd forgotten could feel  The pain of cold  But they'll numb themselves soon enough or so I'm told    Alone  Desperate for somebody, for you to hold  But all I'll be is holding out until the only skin I need's my own  To feel at home again  Alone again    Window is open and the sky is dim  You know me and my affair with 4 a.m.  But all I wish for now is sleep's sweet release  Music of the rain keeps me awake  Wishing it were running down my face  Instead of rivulets of the saltier kind  Oh, how it stings  But like learning, healing's only something time can bring    Alone  Desperate for somebody, for you to hold  But all I'll be is holding out until the only skin I need's my own  To feel at home again  Alone again    The walls where our shadows used to play  The echoes of promises we made  The sheets where our bodies used to lay  Tangled and hard to discern  Like telling apart happiness and familiar comfort    Alone  Desperate -- for you to hold  But all I'll be is holding out until the only skin I need's my own  To feel at home again  Alone again  Whole again  Alone again…