Bloodletting at night,
don't let it be a fright
I do it for me
not to you
It's all I control
It's all I can do
pretend during the day
because I can't get away
from my cares and sorrows
but I'll see my tomorrows
It's all one has
It's not a thing one borrows
I bleed in the dark
leaving the mark
of my life past and present
so I don't feel like a peasant
It's all that I own
It's is my own
I hide in the light
with a tremendous might
through night and day
to make my pain go away
It's all that I possess
It's more than the rest.
Bleeding my soul every day
to help me act a better way
Hiding my heart in the light
so I wait for the night
it will come and wash away
all the hurt of today.