Benny, can you hear me?
I just called to see if you’re ok
Such a crying shame
the way it all went down the other day
Have you heard the latest?
Yeah, why’s everybody gotta be so lame?
Everyone but you that is, my friend
I’m proud of you, you’re doing great

God forgive me I forgot again
Remind me why I’m here?
Circling the drain,
occasionally coming up for air
What the hell, I thought I did the work already,
will it ever end?
Wanna take a walk around the block?
You look like you could use a friend

All the things you do
instead of all the things you say you do
How much of your personality’s
a coping mechanism you
developed at an early age
to tolerate the intolerable?
Now the armor’s falling off
and I can see you’re brave and capable

I was feeling kinda thirsty, pushing thirty, fell into a trap
Call me back to call me out
“C’mon, Johanna, let’s just cut the crap
I don’t think you even know the names of everyone you’ve ever fucked
Girl you’ve got a problem,
I’ll keep you in my prayers and wish you luck”

I was so afraid of pain I went and caused a lot of pain
I can see it clearly now but couldn’t then,
it’s such a crying shame
Maybe you should try to think
of someone other than yourself
How much of your sense of self
revolves around somebody else?

Maybe you were just as sick as me
in your own special way
There’s a part of you that wants
the part of me that’s not ok
How much of your faith is truth
distorted into lies disguised as truth
Fake it til you make it,
father’s crocodile tears abuse the youth
They can see it clearly now
but couldn’t when they looked the other way
Glory be to God and glory be
to those who choose to walk away