these are hard times (Say the Words!)

You're quiet tonight

As you scream in the kitchen

We keep all the demons alive

Speaking our minds but don't listen

A man in the sky

A girl of the ocean

I search for the stars in your eyes

Everything dies without them

Oh, but what do lovers do on their islands?

Sit around and suffer in silence?

Have a strong premonition that life isn't

Meant for the ones who can't handle the fire

These are hard times, telling white lies

I'm here smiling in all your photographs

I'm just wishing I could say the words, wishing I could say the words

These are hard times, but I don't cry

I'm here laughing with a broken heart

Don't you say we're good and make it worse

Why won't you just say the words?

Can you open me up

And I'll return the favor

Bring out the teeth and a knife

Kiss and then bite it better

(Yeah) I think we belong

In an asylum

'Cause maybe I'm losing your mind

And you're losing mine

Forever

Oh but what do lovers do in asylums?

Sit around and suffer in silence?

Have a strong premonition that life isn't

Meant for the ones who can't handle the fire

These are hard times, telling white lies

I'm here smiling in all your photographs

I'm just wishing I could say the words

Wishing I could say the words

These are hard times, but I don't cry

I'm here laughing with a broken heart

Don't you say we're good and make it worse

Why won't you just say the words?

Hard times, and I don't cry

I'm here laughing with a broken heart

Don't you say we're good and make it worse

Why won't you just say the words?

Hard times, and I don't cry

I'm here laughing with a broken heart

I'm just wishing I could say the words

Wishing I could say the words