You were no ivy, clinging to his wallYou were a sunflower, standing strong and tallWe all need to lean, a stick of bambooKeeps the sunflower from drooping, from feeling so blueBut you were no ivy, clinging to his wallYou were a sunflower, standing strong and tallAnd you were no shadow, he cast in his lightYou were shadows, he felt on the ceiling of nightWe all need the lightWe all needed skydance, but we also need shineA place to hideYou were no shadow, he cast in his lightYou were shadows, he felt on the ceiling of nightI have to tell myself all dayI have to tell myself all dayAll in timeI have to tell myself all in timeI have to tell myself all dayI have to tell myself all in timeI lay on the bedI lay naked in bedday but I lay down the law before I let down my hair his body turned over halfway through thenight and he turned on the light and began to write but the words that came out of my mouthand my mind were they his words or were they mine I have to tell myself all the timeI have to tell myself all the timeI have to tell myself all the timeI have to tell myself all the timeI waited for a flare I waited for me Iwaited for a flare I waited for me I waited to hear the one I lost so I'd let the wind blowFor a message toldWas saved by no sayWith what words and what memoriesI have left behindI've made my own impossibleBottle to findSet to dark sleepBreathed in the blueNothing betterNothing worseNothing else I could doI have to tell myself all the timeI have to tell myself all the timeI have to tell myself all the timeI have to tell myself all the timeI have to tell myself all the timeI have to tell myself all the timeI have to tell myself all the timeI have to tell myself all the time I have to tell myself all the time*