Asking for Flowers

It's complicated

Technically I'm certified

A walking declaration

Of everything

I couldn't get right

Time is just an anchor

But 7 years

I think I'm right

Now you've changed

your number

It's like a noose

around my life

Every pill I took in vain

Every meal for you I made

Every penny I put away

Asking for flowers

Is like asking you

to be nice

Don't tell me

you're too tired

10 years I've been

working nights

My life is like

a picture left

Out too long in the sun

Now I'm trying

to remember all

The faces of the names

i've loved

And all that's left

of me now is

A cigarette burning bright

And a fading memory

of all the things

I tried to get right

Every pill I took in vain

Every meal for you I made

Every penny I put away

Asking for flowers

Is like asking you

to be nice

Don't tell me

you're too tired

10 years I've been

working nights

Every pill I took in vain

Every meal for you I made

Every bill I went and paid

Every card I signed my name

Every time I poured

my heart out

Every threat you made

to move out

Every cruel word you

let just slip out

Every cruel word you

let just slip out