They'll give us something; They'll give us so much to forget Or enough rope to deal with it They'll give us something; They'll give us so much to forget Or enough rope to deal with it With pencil and knife You heard your love again You wrestled your nightmares The sweat in your bed sheets This is all of it; This is everything I'm wanting to forget When winter sets in It has a way of crystallizing the bad times
The fevers, the heart aches This is all of it; This is everyone I'm wanting to forgive They'll give us something; They'll give us so much to forget Or enough rope to deal with it With pencil and knife You heard your love again You wrestled your nightmares The sweat in your bed sheets This is all of it; This is everything I'm wanting to forget