Tell me how to be happy.

I am tired of the way
You are through every wire
I am tired of the faces
That all tower over me
I am tired of feeling
Like the dust on your winter jacket
I am tired of being
Everything I shouldn't be

I would've laid down bricks
Or I would've laid down my own bones
To build us each our own separate walls
Because I know you like to be alone
And to keep everybody out
From everything you keep in,
Don't hold yourself up
With all of your mood swings

You were brave when you were young
But I know your pupils bathe in fear
As you watch everything you've built up
Fall down, you're down again, I hear
I could wash away the scent
That keeps you tied so low to the ground
But you hold a stop sign to your left
That I don't know how to work around

So I'll wait outside your doorway
And buy into the lies from your welcome mat
Where so many soles have walked upon
And so many more have walked back
I might wait around forever
So I invite you to take your time
Figure out how you're going to take it all away
Pull every thread from your perfect crime