i give it up to you, i surrender

there's nothing i can do, not much i can change

so i give it up to you, i hope that's okay

and there's nothing i can do, not much i can change

on the ceiling dancing are the things all come and gone

though i've held on, can't carry it much longer

i've laid awake since one and now it's four o'clock

heat lightning running outside the window

until i find i'm back in line again

sometimes i think i am free

i didn't know what it would take

i didn't know what it would take

i didn't know that i was young

i said, "take it all, whatever you want"

and i opened my arms wide to the dark

after some big hand turns out the light

then like a babe in a crib

but it didn't want me yet

i said, "come in, come in, whatever you are"

and i left the door open to the dark

"i think i'll go that way"

so, of course, to that, i said

everyone said, "don't go that way"

everyone, all of them

only natural to harden up

you stay soft, get eaten

only natural to harden up

you stay soft, get beaten

only natural to harden up

you stay soft, get eaten

only natural to harden up

you stay soft, get beaten

like the gates of hell

open up your heart

'cause i could be your stoker

to burn away

tell me what you want

just tell me what you want to do

i tuck my hand under my weight

thinking of you

still not quite awake yet

i am face down on my bed

only natural to harden up

you stay soft, get eaten

only natural to harden up

you stay soft, get beaten

like the gates of hell

open up your heart

to where the dark remembers you

you need to go