Can't Help Me Now

Album: Chip Tooth Smile (2019)
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  • Sunlight, falls heavy
    Can't hide, you're awake already
    Long night, you're unsteady
    You don't even wanna be here, do you?
    Cry out, not for the last time
    It's funny how a word might save your life
    And I'm saying a lot right now

    But I don't wanna fight
    I don't wanna cry
    I don't wanna leave
    I don't wanna be here, be here now
    There's a bad taste in my mouth
    I stumble in the dark, tripping on a heart
    It's gonna leave a mark, maybe we can stay and wait it out
    You're the one that talks me down
    And even you can't help me now
    Even you can't help me now

    Headlight, dark highway
    Drive on, but it feels all sideways
    No signs, I'm a headcase
    I'm alone, but I feel you, feel you now
    Head down, I can't remember
    If we left on a start or an ender
    You and I we're so worn down

    But I don't wanna fight
    I don't wanna cry
    I don't wanna leave
    I don't wanna be here, be here now
    Like a bad taste in my mouth
    I stumble in the dark, tripping on a heart
    It's gonna leave a mark, maybe we can stay and wait it out
    You're the one that talks me down
    Even you can't help me now

    And we fall, and we break
    And we turn our inside out
    And we're lost in a daze for days and days and days and now
    But I thought that I could turn it around

    But I don't wanna fight
    I don't wanna cry
    I don't wanna leave
    But I don't wanna be here, be here now
    There's a bad taste in my mouth
    Hell, I stumble in the dark, tripping on a heart
    It's gonna leave a mark, maybe we can stay and wait it out
    You're the one that talks me down
    And even you can't help me now (sunlight falls heavy)
    Even you can't help me now (sunlight falls heavy)
    Baby, even you can't help me now (sunlight falls heavy)
    Even you can't help me now Writer/s: Robert Thomas
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Matt from Houston TxIt's to me about being homeless on the streets in addiction
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