[Verse 1]
I gave up on time
Just like you said you would
There are tiny cracks of light underneath me
And you say I got it wrong
But I try hard to uncover them
I have somehow got
Away with everything
Anything you ever did was strictly by design
But you got it wrong
And I'll go anywhere but there

[Pre-Chorus]
And you had best believe
That you cannot build what I don't need
And I know I need to feel relief
And I know you'll never fold
But I believe nothing that I'm told
And I know I need to feel relief

[Chorus]
I know I need to feel released
Take care to tell it just as it was
Take care to tell on me for the cause (Oh-oh-oh)
I know I need to feel released
Take care to bury all that you can
Take care to leave a trace of a man (Man, man, man...)
[Post-Chorus]
And I know I need to feel relief
I know I need to feel released

[Verse 2]
I will show restraint
Just like we said we should
You think I'll apologise for things I left behind
But you got it wrong
And I'm as sane as I ever was
You talk far too much
For someone so unkind
I will wipe the salt off of my skin
And I'll admit that I got it wrong
And there is grey between the lines

[Pre-Chorus]
And you had best believe
That you cannot build what I don't need
And I know I need to feel relief
And I know you'll never fold
But I believe nothing that I'm told
And I know I need to feel relief

[Chorus]
I know I need to feel released
Take care to tell it just as it was
Take care to tell on me for the cause (Oh-oh-oh)
I know I need to feel released
Take care to bury all that you can
Take care to leave a trace of a man
[Build]
(I know, I know, I know, I know)
Take care to tell it just as it was
Take care to tell on me for the cause (Oh-oh-oh)
(I know, I know, I know, I know)
Take care to bury all that you can
Take care to leave a trace of a man
(I know, I know, I know, I know)
Take care to tell it just as it was
Take care to tell on me for the cause (Oh-oh-oh)
(I know, I know, I know, I know)
Take care to bury all that you can
Take care to leave a trace of a man

[Chorus]
I know I need to feel released
Take care to tell it just as it was
Take care to tell on me for the cause (Oh-oh-oh)
I know I need to feel released
Take care to bury all that you can
Take care to leave a trace of a man

[Instrumental Outro]