Don't call me home again I know the damn is gone And don't call me son, don't pretend To know the damage done See my pulse is stepping out of time Feel how cold my breath is, is it even mine? Will I be old and dead Or young and lying on the news at 9? There was a time when I'd known What love had meant to me On the kitchen wall in the lines where I'd grown Now it seems nothing's meant to be
See my pulse is stepping out of time Feel how cold my breath is, is it even mine? Will I be old and dead Or young and lying on the news at 9? But I tried, I know I did But I can't do it again Turn on the TV now, I mean what I meant See me on the news at nine Don't call me home again I know the damn is gone And don't call me son, don't pretend To know the damage done