Morning In May - The Irony Of A You Turn lyrics

I'm building up barricades that I'll die behind I'm not giving up anything if it means we'll survive I'll put down this guitar and I'll bust out the fiddle I'm as dead as the winter, so I'll leave you with this riddle What's black and blue and red all over? The pens I used and the blood-spilled closure How many licks does it take 'til you get To the candy-coated center of life's regret? I'm building buildings on buildings as if to measure up I'm coming closer to closing and then I'm closing up I'm hanging by your lever (Chorus) Pull it together, kid I can't make this better She said go find a new one or liquid solution Here's a pillow to scream in when you wake up that feeling Go live your life, you can't smile without sacrifice The shirt I wore when I tore at the seams Is hanging in my room as a casualty And I still hold your hand in the pa**enger seat When nobody's there and they'll never be I was scared to admit that I was afraid If my love's such a chore I'm on my hands and knees Buffing out these scratches you left me for I can get it clean, or they'll bleach me off the floor I'm building buildings on buildings as if to measure up I'm coming closer to closing and then I'm closing up I'm still hanging by your lever (Chorus) I look back in reverse Through the best and the worst Every kiss, every fight Every day, every night Driving home from your place Just to go back and fourth 'Cause you called, please come back Now you're lying on the floor I left to move on But I'm still s** in traffic I'll make this u-turn Or else I'll get my a** kicked