Black Ribbons

Broke down at the end of the night

Can't seem to get anything right

So numb I can't feel things anymore

Somehow could feel me letting go

I know there's so many things

That I need to do and

I need to say

No matter how hard

I tryI can't get the words out right

Man down, tie a ribbon around my soul

I'm in the black and

I'm out of control

Like a ship that's lost in the night

With no direction or guiding light

Man down and

I'm drowning in the pain

Face down like a needle in the vein

You're the only thing that keeps me sane

But somehow

I can't keep you out of my rain

I see you standing in the rain

The lights in the city feel so bright

All these colors

I've got inside

And in these streets

I feel like a foreigner

All I paint is myself in a corner

Going on seems to hurt so much

All the world seems so cold to the touch

When I go to sleep

I don't dream

I just see a blank television screen

Man down, tie a ribbon around my soul

I'm in the black and

I'm out of control

Like a ship that's lost in the night

With no direction or guiding light

Man down and

I'm drowning in the pain

Face down like a needle in a vein

You're the only thing that keeps me sane

But somehow

I can't keep you out of my rain

I see you standing in the rain

Tie a ribbon for the child in me

On every door and on every tree

Make it black for the way that

I feel'Cause black is the only color that's real

Man down, tie a ribbon around my soul

I'm in the black and

I'm out of control

Like a ship that's lost in the night

With no direction or guiding light

Man down and

I'm drowning in their pain

Face down like a needle in a vein

You're the only thing that keeps me sane

But somehow

I can't keep you out of my rain

I see you standing in the rain

Broke down at the end of the night

Can't seem to get anything right