Things We Tell Ourselves

There are things we tell ourselves
to keep at bay, keep up on the shelf,
the nagging fear that we’re not the hero in the tale.
Instead we fight. We build a wall.
We’re rather short though we think we’re tall.
When they cry for help we’re no help at all, we just fail.

No don’t leave me
Don’t leave me alone

Now take a drink, watch the show.
Pat your back cause you’re in the know.
You can go wherever you wanna go ain’t it swell. 
Build your castles, make your name.
Everybody around you’s so brave,
with their nothing to lose and everything to sell.

No don’t leave me
Don’t leave me alone
No don’t leave me
Don’t leave me alone
(Have a drink, watch the show.
Pat your back cause you’re in the know.
You can go wherever you wanna go ain’t it swell.
Build your castles , make your name.
Everybody around you’s so brave,
with their nothing to lose and everything to sell)