"can you help me?"

Late September in 2008
I thought I met you once
You were half awake
Coincidence, the corner store
You asked me for my name
I said what for?
Can you help me?
Can you help me?

Desperate times in desperate need
Ache in your skin, can't stop the feeling
Cocaine lines of jealousy
Cuts on your arms won't help the healing

Pickin' out your meds in your drawer
Playin' my guitar on your floor
My diligence, your innocence
It's just to help me sleep is what you swore
Can you help me?
Can you help me?

Crushed up pills and surgery
Blood in your mouth, tar on the ceiling
Handcuffed for a bag of weed
Locked in a cell, can't find the meaning
Blood in your mouth, tar on the ceiling
Locked in a cell, can't find the meaning

I'd visit you through the glass
Hopin' that you'd get a second chance
I got the call, they said you passed
Whatever you were chasin', you had at last!
Whatever you were chasin', you had at last
(Whatever you were chasing)

Old girlfriend and your roommate
Tattooed the date on both their fingers
Closed casket and black roses
Dealin' with death is hard when it lingers

Dealin' with death is hard when it lingers
Dealin' with death is hard when it lingers