Some nights I wait up, cashing in my bad luck, some nights I call in a hard one Some nights I wish that my lips could build a castle, some nights I wish they'd just fall off But I still wake up, still see your ghost, but I'm still not sure what I stand for What do I stand for? What do I stand for? Most nights I don't know anymore This is it, boy, this is warped, what I keep waiting for, why don't we break the rules already? I was never one to believe the hype, save that for the black and white, twice as hard but I'm half as light Here they come again to check my style, that's alright, that's alright, found a murder in my bed tonight Stops my bones from wondering just who I, who I, who I am, now who am I? Some nights I wish that this all would end, so I could use some friends for a change Some nights I'm scared you'll forget me, yeah, some nights I always win, I always win But I still wake up, still see your ghost, but I'm still not sure what I stand for What do I stand for? What do I stand for? Most nights I don't know anymore My heart's breaking for my sister and the con that she calls love And I look into my nephew's eyes, man, you won't believe the most amazing thing that can come from Some terrible nights I don't know, I don't know, most nights I don't know any More now