[Verse 1] Your talent outshines all that I could ever do or say And me and my jealousy, I stole your songs and pa**ed them off as my own As much as I would like for it not to show You can smell the stink on my breath and in my clothes, it's so obvious Oh if I could only be half the things you write about in your songs If I could only mean half as much to anyone [Verse 2] And in my arrogance I write pages of anger hate and spite All of the reasons I have to trust... absolutely no one
Today I heard you on my stereo and it shamed me Yes it shamed me to think that I could be so unoriginal [Chorus] Oh if I could only be half the genius that you are To feel such honest want, to show love I would show you love I would show you love I would show you love Oh if I could only feel half as resolute in my beliefs If I could only sing with such bravery I can not explain how much you mean to me Without your words, I would be lost