been lost in the darkness for so long,
I can't see the life.
I been strung out, burned out, left out,

An' hung out to dry.
So I say to myself that I wanna get better:
Hidin' from the truth, I can't last forever.


Jesus, help me;
Obviously, I can't help myself:

I've got nobody else.
Send me an angel: someone to strangle,
That old demon that's hauntin' me there on the shelf.

I can't help myself.

An' my excuses are so old an' tired:

Hell, I forget 'em.
I keep fallin', an' crawlin', an' drownin'
Down here on the bottom.

Yeah, I've pushed back my brothers, said goodbye to my friends:
When you get in this deep, the hell never ends.


Jesus, help me;
Obviously, I can't help myself:
I've got nobody else.

Send me an angel: someone to strangle,
That old demon that's hauntin' me there on the shelf.
I can't help myself.


Gimme a reason to live an' show me a sign.
I'm on the edge goin' out of my mind.

I'm down on my knees: I'm beggin' you please,
Make me somebody else: I can't help myself.


Instrumental Break.
(No!)


I need something stronger:
Pour it all over me.


Send me an angel: someone to strangle,
That old demon:
'Cause you know that I never will.

I can't help myself.