The Answer

[Verse 1]

If I can't crawl inside of you

I'm laughing with a broken face

I stumble across my self-esteem

But to picture the pleasure is making me want my space

Understand that God wrapped you like a bow

But in my head, there's some shelves that need cleaning

From basement to ceiling, control

If what you're seeing is an open book

That's great 'cause I'm an open book

But I'm real shy

Now there's a part of me seeking

And desperately needing to open up

That's strange 'cause I'm an open book, a confused boy

[Pre-Chorus]

I'm an automatic steeple for depressed and lonely people

My heart, while in its cage

Give and not receive a thing

But the only funny thing:

I don't know how to give myself advice

[Chorus]

And I've got this post-traumatic thing

This tattoo of a ring around my wedding finger

And that's where I want to state this claim

That I've got to learn to live and dream

Before I go and get myself in love, in love

Before, before, before I go and get myself in love

[Verse 2]

There's Zoloft, Welbutrin

There's Paxil that's proven, no side effects

But the rest left unnamed

'Cause they worked like a charm on me

But when your savings is drying

You can't stop from crying

You've got to suck it up

You're not her buttercup

You're not her favorite book

[Pre-Chorus]

I'm an automatic steeple for depressed and lonely people

My heart, while in its cage

Give and not receive a thing

But the only funny thing:

I don't know how to give myself advice

[Chorus]

And I've got this post traumatic thing

This tattoo of a ring around my wedding finger

And that's where I want to state this claim

That I've got to learn to live and dream

Before I go and get myself in love, in love

Before, before, before I go and get myself in love