take this sadness

[intro]  
Take this sadness    
and turn it into silence    
 
[Verse 1]  
I bleed with it  
a sadness so deep  
it could hold the ocean  
 
(Don't silence me  
don't silence me  
can anybody hear me?)  
 
And you  
you give me what I don't need  
so tie me down      
and throw me into the depths of it  
where no one can hear me cry  
   
[Chorus]  
Take this sadness    
take this sadness  
and turn it into silence    
 
(No one is listening anyway)  
(Is there anybody left who cares?)  
 
[Verse 2]  
Take this sadness    
take this sadness  
and turn it into guilt    
because hell knows I know    
how to wear that shit  
like a runway model  
 
(My pain isn't a fashion statement  
I'm not art  
I'm not art  
i'm not art)  
    
[Verse 3]  
When I'm down and out and    
speechless with hating myself    
you add another layer  
for me to bury myself in    
cause we both know I make    
this look like it doesn't hurt    
 
(It fucking hurts  
IT FUCKING HURTS)  
 
[Chorus]  
Take this sadness    
take this sadness  
and turn it into silence    
 
(No one is listening anyway)  
(Is there anybody left who cares?)  
 
[Bridge]  
(My hands reach for you    
and find empty air    
your words reach for me    
and find a blank stare  
...  
You wanted happy  
but you got me  
and you can't make me happy  
by telling the sadness to shut up  
...  
It won't shut up  
it never shuts up  
it's just an endless nothing  
the deepest absence of sound  
...  
My hands reach for you  
they always fucking reach for you  
but you're so scared of the dark  
you don't see me here  
waiting for you to make a sound  
that isn't begging this sadness to end)  
 
[Chorus]  
Take this sadness    
take this sadness  
and turn it into silence    
 
(No one is listening anyway)  
(Is there anybody left who cares?)  
 
[Outro]  
Take this sadness    
take this sadness    
you take this sadness  
and throw it back in my face  
like you don't care