I am selfish when I need you

I am the blistering side of the wall in the back of your room.

We watched the sea turn away from the shore and head back out the way that it came

If you are chasing your love, you don't want it enough and it's best just to walk away

Tell yourself your pride is just the same

Trying not to count the days 'til mine gets washed away

Carry your head up along the way.

And you'll say you lack the courage and the guts of a hero even when they're on your side

Let's watch the middle fade away 'til it's all gone

I am selfish when I need you

I am the blistering side of the wall in the back of your room

I am the envy of what you're afraid to write and that's fine.

Seems to me like everyone around here is just waiting

I don't wanna move cause it's just enough

I don't wanna blink cause I might miss it

Tell me when it gets to be too much

Carry your head up along the way.

And you'll say you lack the courage and the guts of a hero

And everybody's on your side

We'll watch the middle fade away 'til it's all gone

I am selfish when I need you

I am the blistering side of the wall in the back of your room

I am the envy of what you're afraid to write and that's fine.

All we need is a place we can be alone

Just with you and with me and without all this desperate weight that I have

All I want is to just be honest

You're the piece that I just found out how to fit to and I don't see you anymore.

I am selfish when I need you

I am the blistering side of the wall in the back of your room

I am the envy of what you're afraid to write and that's fine.

You lack the courage and the guts of a hero

And everybody's on your side

We'll watch the middle fade away 'til it's all gone

I just wanna waste your time.