Black Ribbons

Broke down at the end of the night

Can't seem to get anything right

So numb I can't feel things anymore

Somehow could feel me letting go



I know there's so many things

That I need to do and I need to say

No matter how hard I try

I can't get the words out right



Man down, tie a ribbon around my soul

I'm in the black and I'm out of control

Like a ship that's lost in the night

With no direction or guiding light



Man down and I'm drowning in the pain

Face down like a needle in the vein

You're the only thing that keeps me sane

But somehow I can't keep you out of my rain



I see you standing in the rain



The lights in the city feel so bright

All these colors I've got inside

And in these streets I feel like a foreigner

All I paint is myself in a corner



Going on seems to hurt so much

All the world seems so cold to the touch

When I go to sleep I don't dream

I just see a blank television screen



Man down, tie a ribbon around my soul

I'm in the black and I'm out of control

Like a ship that's lost in the night

With no direction or guiding light



Man down and I'm drowning in the pain

Face down like a needle in a vein

You're the only thing that keeps me sane

But somehow I can't keep you out of my rain



I see you standing in the rain



Tie a ribbon for the child in me

On every door and on every tree

Make it black for the way that I feel

'Cause black is the only color that's real



Man down, tie a ribbon around my soul

I'm in the black and I'm out of control

Like a ship that's lost in the night

With no direction or guiding light



Man down and I'm drowning in their pain

Face down like a needle in a vein

You're the only thing that keeps me sane

But somehow I can't keep you out of my rain



I see you standing in the rain



Broke down at the end of the night

Can't seem to get anything right