I can't sleep I can't eat If I give them what they want Then, well, then they just let me be Who I am I'm not like them I'm sick at nodding my head At the thing I can't stand This is it O my friends I've tired so hard But I cannot pretend Cross my heart, Hope to make it out alive Their helping hands, look more like suicide If I don't make it out, Remember that I tried, Cross my heart, Hope to Breathe this time Day by Day Night by Night I sat alone with pen and page Trying to do what's right God I pray, shed some light Cause if I burn I want to burn out bright Cross my heart, Hope to make it out alive Their helping hands, look more like suicide If I don't make it out, Remember that I tried, Cross my heart, Hope to Breathe this time You make all things new And no one need you like I do You know I do O you, make all things new And no one needs it like I do I needed you Cross my heart, Hope to make it out alive Their helping hands, look more like suicide If I don't make it out, Remember that I tried, Cross my heart, Hope to Breathe this time Cross my heart, hope to make it out alive Their helping hands, look more like suicide If I don't make it out, Remember that I tried, Cross my heart, Hope to Breathe this time