I'm sorry about your parents
They sound like bad people
Your daddy sounds like a jerk
I guess your mama didn't know
The gift she got when she got you
I'm sorry about your life
You had it pretty rough
Bending over backwards, never good enough
You poor thing
It must suck to be you
And I know it's not your fault
It never is
Is it?

I-I know what it's like staying up all night
Nursing wounds
It takes-takes more than I have
Pick fights with the past
I always lose
Oh, don't you know?
That's no way to live
I-I know what it's like staying up all night
Nursing wounds

Hmm, I get it
Give me a little credit
I remember when I was that pathetic
Wear my scars on my sleeve
For all the world to see
Like look what they did to me quick
Lay on the sympathy thick
You probably have the right
To feel how you do
You were mistreated and cheated
Out of the childhood you needed
And now you'll never succeed
if you're so convinced you're defeated
If you're obsessed with your yesterday
Then you're destined to repeat it
And I know it's not your fault
It never is
Is it?
(Is it? is it?)

I-I know what it's like staying up all night
Nursing wounds
It takes-takes more than I have
Pick fights with the past
I always lose
Oh, don't you know?
That's no way to live
I-I know what it's like staying up all night
Nursing wounds

I-I know what it's like staying up all night
Nursing wounds
It takes-takes more than I have
Pick fights with the past
I always lose
Oh, don't you know?
That's no way to live
I-I know what it's like staying up all night
Nursing wounds