Losing You

Sometimes when you're sleeping off the night before When the record coils and snakes around the run-out groove And it's just out of rhythm - just out of tune And in your dream stands a bloodied and frightened child Who sings "I'm Losing You" Isn't there something that you were supposed to do? Mornings when you're throwing up the night before When the wind is howling murder behind your eyes And you can't find your balance - you can't find your feet And the wall on the bathroom is littered with words They say "I'm losing you" Isn't there something that you were supposed to do? Maybe there's something you want to share with the rest of the class? Maybe there's something crawling underneath your skin That maybe will pass Or maybe you're not coming back Handwriting that you can't recognize as your own Sloppy, scary, like the homework done on the bus Dodging insults and grabbing hands For your jacket and tie, for your pencils and books But you were a boy then; now you're a man So tell me: what is this memory? What is this song: "I'm Losing You?" And isn't there something that you were supposed to do Maybe there's something you want to share with the rest of the class? Maybe there's something crawling underneath your skin That maybe will pass Or maybe you're not coming back I woke up today to see the sky was black With birds who were flying south, and never coming back And I was alone for a month in a row And - try as I might - I just couldn't see any sign of that Feeling changing. So: I took a pen and tried to write a song But I threw it away when it all came out wrong I know I'm not the best - I'm not even the best at feeling fucked up But I thought I could at least do well at the one thing I do well But I thought wrong So I went back to bed But I couldn't sleep; not with the song stuck in my head! Even though I knew That I could never show you The world Or anybody else And now I'm a liar as well I'm losing you. Isn't there something else that I was supposed to do? Maybe there's something you want to share with the rest of the class? Maybe there's something crawling underneath your skin That maybe will pass Or maybe you're not coming back