Plots and Counterplots

We set an arbitrary deadline To make it out in time Before it all gets complicated Before whatever comes along No iron long or oxygen Nothing left for me to blow up Not again It's not for me, a fact your talking points evade When your politeness is a downer But it's keeping me awake But who am I to call you out I've called it off so many times Guess I owe you this one Now who am I To need you this time Now who am I My head was stuck inside the window When you closed it on my neck Your makeshift guillotine descended Now I'm falling through the cracks And I'm just clinging to the old plans Because they're all that I have left You kept my head inside a plastic bag In case I want it back But I'm too proud to even ask To committed to this bit Where I replace it with a fifth I pour your name out, down the rest Can you hear me this time Now who am I To need you this time Now who am I Now who am I Don't leave me this time Now who am I She said it isn't real because I hesitate But it's all I know It's all I'll ever really have to give So I know I'm not alone That it's not all in my head So I don't end up exactly where I've always been So I don't end up exactly where I am Won't you put it on my tab Please just put it on my tab Now who am I Now who am I Now who am I Now who am I