I stare at the headlights till I get my head right

And the dogs stop their howls on the porch

My head is an ocean and I'm getting homesick

For a place I've never known

And I just keep laughing when I'm stuck in traffic

At the metaphor I've become

Maybe I'm restless, a manic depressive

Or maybe I need someone, or maybe not.

So please just give me something for the pain

'cause my heart softens to your name

And when you're gone I come undone

And when you're gone how come I'm weak

And I walk wires and I pull teeth

And I'm so tired of chasing dreams

I need someone to wake me up

I need someone to wake me up.

I remember the evening you showed me cat stevens

Now I fill the room up with "father and son"

Two minutes emotion, four hours I'm frozen

By the fear and the boredom

Now I've ran out of reasons to pick up the pieces

I just tried to recall what once was

Maybe I'm desperate, or manic depressive

Or maybe I need someone, or maybe not.

So please just give me something for the pain

'cause my heart softens to your name

And when you're gone I come undone

And when you're gone how come I'm weak

And I walk wires and I pull teeth

And I'm so tired of chasing dreams

I need someone to wake me up

I need someone to wake me up.

And I want you

Oh my god, I want you

To see me in this state

And I want you

Fill your sleep and haunt you

To see the mess you've made

You've made

And I want you

And all my dreams are no use

When I am wide awake

And I want to

Believe I haven't lost you

It's driving me insane

Insane.

So please just give me something for the pain

'cause my heart softens to your name

And when you're gone I come undone

And when you're gone how come I'm weak

And I walk wires and I pull teeth

And I'm so tired of chasing dreams

I need someone to wake me up

I need someone to wake me up.