Scratch it away

I close my eyes but not my head
Not sure how it was fed
I’ve been taking the fall
It’ll eventually kill us all
But I won’t be the fool for long
I won’t be the fool for long
I’m leaving so you don’t have to
And I won’t give the chance of another way
And I won’t live the chance of another day

A deepened itch, right here on my wrist
I can cure it, now if you insist
Scratch it, scratch it, scratch it away
Now if you insist

Six feet of shoveled hate
Boot me off the stage
Maybe I leveled a little too late
Turn the page
Living under a beggar’s bet
Light me up that cigarette
My life that I once knew
And I won’t give the chance of another way
And I won’t live the chance of another day

A deepened itch, right here on my wrist
I can cure it, now if you insist
Scratch it, scratch it, scratch it away
Now if you insist

I couldn’t change me
Oh I wanted to
My nails are on the telephone
They’ve come to let me know
I have to stop trying
Leave me to my dying
I quit
And I won’t give the chance of another way
And I won’t live the chance of another day

A deepened itch, right here on my wrist
I can cure it, now if you insist
Scratch it, scratch it, scratch it away
Now if you insist
If you insist