Rose Park

I read your letter again
It's in the box under my bed
Don't know why I kept it
Or the papers in my desk

You wrote it for me
I practically begged you
I think I see it now
You were always looking for the way out

You held me back when the drive got rough but you are the driver
And you build me up and you tear it down
And you took my hand and you spin me around

When you leave in the morning I curl
Into a ball and I can't move
Until I hear from you

It's 3 or 4 or 5
And I still don't know why
You can't stay a little longer
Just stay a little longer

Back when I filled your car
With my friends from the party
You said you'd always
Show up for me

And maybe just this once
You wouldn't flee the scene and run
Back to the old days
Of begging for you to stay

When you held me in the street
With your arms around me
Oh, I was so scared
I was so scared

Cause you build me up and you tear it down
And you took my hand and you spin me around

And you build me up and you tear me down
And you took my hand and you spin me around

Apologize by sunrise
You said it's alright
But what about me?
What about me?

The empty words you say
They were heavier in May
But still I hear them
500 miles away

You feel like somebody else
You told me yourself
Nobody there gets you
Not like I do

It'll be years down the road
I will still remember
To smile with my teeth
Cause you like it better

I won't give up on you
I am still in the waiting room
I won't give up on you
I am stuck in the waiting room

When you're fast asleep and dreaming
About a life without misery
Do you see me there?
Am I still around?

Have I pushed them all away
Every love and friend and name
I've ever known
Have they out grown me?

Or is this another way
Of finding the words to say
That I don't know myself
And I need someone's help

I can't do this anymore
I can't deflect and pour
My mind into these words
It stings and always hurts

Now I know the end is coming
I will start running towards you
To be sure I've seen it through

(I read your letter again)
I won't give up on you
(You held me in the street)
I am still in the waiting room (I'm begging for you to stay)
I won't give up on you (I know that you're ashamed)
I am stuck in the waiting room (I'm begging anyway)
(Nobody there gets you)
I won't give up on you (Nobody there gets you)
I am still in the waiting room (Stay a little longer)
I won't give up on you (I know that you're ashamed)
I am stuck in the waiting room (What about me?)