Candlelight

Hold the luck I'm pushing

Would ya keep it safe and sound

Lord knows I will need it

When the doctor comes around

I'm so very tired

And my fingernails hurt

I wish I could take a pill

But I need to stay alert

Yeah I'm so strong

It's my blessing and my curse

Pray it's not my fatal flaw

To put 'em all first

The bridge over catastrophe

Suspended on my back

I'm buckled at the knees

But I'm doing the best I can

So can you believe in me when I don't

Can you shut your mouth when I won't

Can you ground me when I fly

Stay up with me all night

Even when there's nothing to say

Lay by the candlelight

Well, I'm trying to be less

Of a martyr like my mom

I'm gonna fall apart

If they drop another bomb

I should break the eggshells

And name a perpetrator

So I don't land at Cedars

On a re-used respirator

They dragged me to the desert

'Cause he checked out of the rehab

Now he's walking with my heart

Around the block and he's wearing a CPAP

All under control

'Til they changed up all the plans

I'm holding down the fort

Doing the best I can

So can you believe in me when I don't

Can you shut your mouth when I won't

Can you ground me when I fly

Stay up with me all night

Even when there's nothing to say

Lay by the candlelight

Lay by the candlelight

All I need is place I can rest

Test me again and I'll fall into the dregs

Sleep before I stand

Weep before I land

I'm doing the best I can

So you can believe in me when I don't

Can you shut your mouth when I won't

Can you ground me when I fly

Stay up with me all night

Even when there's nothing to say

Can you believe in me when I don't

Can you shut your mouth when I won't

Can you ground me when I fly

Stay up with me all night

Even when there's nothing to say

Lay by the candlelight

Lay by the candlelight

Lay by the candlelight