Alive Son, she said, have I got a little story for you What you thought was your daddy was nothin' but a... While you were sittin' home alone at age thirteen Your real daddy was dyin', sorry you didn't see him, but I'm glad we talked... Oh I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey I, oh, I'm still alive Hey...oh... Oh, she walks slowly, across a young man's room She said I'm ready...for you I can't remember anything to this very day 'Cept the look, the look... Oh, you know where, now I can't see, I just stare... I, I'm still alive Hey I, but, I'm still alive Hey I, boy, I'm still alive Hey I, I, I, I'm still alive, yeah Ooh yeah...yeah yeah yeah...oh...oh... Is something wrong, she said Well of course there is You're still alive, she said Oh, and do I deserve to be Is that the question And if so...if so...who answers...who answers... I, oh, I'm still alive Hey I, oh, I'm still alive Hey I, but, I'm still alive Yeah I, ooh, I'm still alive Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Once I admit it...what's to say...yeah... I'll relive it...without pain...mmm... Backstreet lover on the side of the road I got a bomb in my temple that is gonna explode I got a sixteen gauge buried under my clothes, I play... Once upon a time I could control myself Ooh, once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah... Oh, try and mimic what's insane...ooh, yeah... I am in it...where do I stand? Oh, Indian summer and I hate the heat I got a backstreet lover on the passenger seat I got my hand in my pocket, so determined, discreet... I pray... Once upon a time I could control myself Ooh, once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah, yeah... You think I got my eyes closed But I'm lookin' at you the whole fuckin' time... Ooh, once upon a time I could control myself, yeah... Once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah, yeah, yeah... Once, upon a time I could love myself, yeah... Once upon a time I could love you, yeah, yeah, yeah... Once (4x) Yeah...once, once...yeah, yeah... Yeah...yeah, yeah...yeah, yeah...oww... Wash Oh please, let it rain today This city is so filthy, like my mind in ways Oh, was a time, like a clean, new taste Smiling eyes before me, inches from my face Wash my love (2x) Wash my love, yeah... Sin the sale, buying just a need Just who planted, all the devils seeds And what the truth, and the truth that lies at home It's on the inside, and I can't get it off, yeah... Wash my love (2x) Wash my love, yeah... What's clean is pure, but hey, I'm white on the outside, though I stray What she don't know today, might kill us both tomorrow, bring it back someway Bring it back, bring it back, back to the clean form, to the pure form Wash my love (8x) Ooh...