-Intro
Son?
Son, sit down
What?
-Chorus
When you're lying in bed with nothing but your thoughts, love
(Thoughts love, thoughts love)
When you're lying in bed with nothing but your fears, love
Yeah (Fears, love)
I won't be here, love
-Verse 1
When his Mom got cancer, he asked the doctor
"Can you fix her?"
He answered, "I don't think that I can, sir"
Nah,no way, Mom's never sick, Mom never smoked
Mom is the healthy one
All you doctors and nurses, y'all can't tell me nothing
(Let me know)
She passed a month after the chemo started
His friends and family shed their tears for their dearly departed
It's like the mind's a flawed design, he thought
He asked his dad, "Why can't they cure disease?"
He said, "Son, maybe when they find a cure for greed."
He's having flashbacks to the birthday cakes she made him
How she looked so proud and celebrated after he graduated
And when he did, and they separated
She helped him with his kids and raised them
Appreciate it, wish she was here when he said it
Never knew how hard that death is, but gotta learn to accept it
When you're lying in bed with nothing but your thoughts, love
Do you really want me, love?
Lying in bed with nothing but your fears, love(lying in bed)
-Bridge
I-I-I-I-I-I-I(We go.)
I been looking for you, looking for the lies
He was searching for some work, referred to the reserves
His wife worried, crying, when she hugged him and said goodbye(Bye my love)
Bombs dropped, dead children, war crimes and war cries
Sent home when he almost died from a car bomb and a suicide
but Daddy ain't the same, can't adjust back to his normal life
Cause right now it don't seem important compared to the war and little things like paying bills being a father, he ignored 'em
He asked the doctor help him, Xanax for depression(Xanax for depression)
Got addicted, doctor knew it and he cut off his prescription(Nah, nah, no one)
Does it really bug you, love?
Do you really want me, love?
Lying in bed with nothing but your fears, love(lying in bed)
-Bridge
I been looking for you, looking for the lies
Let me know, let me know, let me know, let me know
-Outro
Let me know, let me know, let me know(Oh oh oh oh), let me know
He was shocked and in denial
Pain and the guilt
Anger and the bugging and reflecting on himself
Depression was setting in
[04:00
Losing his mother, man, that never crossed his mind
Figured they still had lots of time
(Let me know)
When she told him, "Don't you marry that lying girl I know you're dating"
-Chorus
Does it really bug you, love?
Don't shed the tears, love
I won't be here, love
I-I-I-I-I-I-I(okay)
Let me know, let me know, let me know, let me know
-Verse 2
Took it further, got deployed to serve his country undeterred
Told his kids he had to leave, but they never understood why, no
(Let me know)No
Active duty overseas, see some things he'd rather not remember
Friends body parts dismembered
Family's just happy he's still alive(Oh oh oh oh)
(Daddy)
That just numbed him temporarily, more reclusive, less aggressive
Couldn't take it, started stealing, hit the streets to get his fixing
His wife couldn't forgive him, she tried, (Get out!)but had to kick him out
Now he panhandles on Yonge Street with a in front of Subway
With a sign that says, "Can't you spare change for a veteran?"
His wife would change it in a second, but she can't
And she accepts it
-Chorus
When you're lying in bed with nothing but your thoughts, love(nothing but your thoughts)
Don't shed the tears, love
I won't be here, love
I-I-I-I-I-I-I
I-I-I-I-I-I-I
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh(let me know), oh oh oh oh
He's finally accepting it
Just trying to make it through the stages of grief