if you could only keep me aliveni swear that somehow we could find thisnway to change my lifenand help me sing thisnbecause the rain, it hit this townnand washed away half of my faith, but now i'm ready to feelnwhat i've been feelingnnand then the sun, it hit my facenand made me think of all the things that made me praynlike when i stood up all this cocaine hit my heartnthen all the sudden i'm in lovenoh god, it's almost summernni hope addiction took my heart because i'mnlooking for a hook that could justnhold me back from tearing out these speakersnit's not the sound that drowns me outnbut all this doubt that broke me downnyou were my friend, but now i'm taking you to hellnnif you could hold my handnyou could feel what i've been feelingnni wrote this song for younit's not the reasons that i leftnit's just the ones that kept me hanging onto younnso hold me down tonwriting lettersnlike the song saidni'm so much betternwhen i'm gonenyou could take your timenbecause i'm living off this antidotennif you could hold my handnyou could feel what i was feelingnwhen i wrote this songnni wrote this song for youn(if you could only keep me from letting this gonif you could only keep me from singing this sound)nnbut my pride, it killed this townnand remember what you said, but i'm still proudnand you could feel what i've been feeling