You're not gonna drag me into the sunlightnI don't plan to kick and pull at you all nightnIf I lie here, I'll drift from your fingersnClose the door and show me how to begin thisnnLoosen the harnessnSing me back to sleepnnIf I can't be carried alivenI'll take my chances by your sidenThese empty words won't bring us homenChoke them downnNot all men get buried alivenThey fall apart before our eyesnIf empty branches wait for usnCut them downnnI don't wanna make this effortless for younI didn't choose to let this one fall throughnIf all I brought you left you in sorrownYou're setting down the paths that we cannot follownnLoosen the harnessnSing me back to sleepnnIf I can't be carried alivenI'll take my chances by your sidenThese empty words won't bring us homenChoke them downnNot all men get buried alivenThey fall apart before our eyesnIf empty branches wait for usnCut them down