Turn off the light bulb ache to a shrieking pain
Turn that hair into a haircut and change your name
Through the yellow teeth white lies are told
Of the notches made in the house of smoke
So pick the padlocked case in the padlocked room
Wipe the smile from your face and sing the default blues
And go
What are you running from, a-ha
What are you running from, ahh
The past may die but it's never gone
What are you running from, ahh
Instrumental
Verse: 2
This is textbook heartbreak from the country school
The prescription sculpture of a thoughtless stool
You've got your heroin monologues that you lifted from books
Now you're wearing a helmet whilst you're breaking the rules
Pick the padlocked case in the padlocked room
Wipe the smile from your face and sing the default blues
It goes
What are you running from, a-ha
What are you running from, ahh
The past may die but it's never gone
What are you running from, ahh
What are you running from, a-ha
What are you running from, ahh
The accent you hid behind is gone
What are you running from, ahh
Bridge
There isn't a cure, there isn't a cure
There isn't a cure
Save your wax world torture for your modeling friends
Speak emotional trash straight from Zimmerman's bin
Pick the padlocked case in the padlocked room
Wipe the smile from your face and sing the default blues
It goes
What are you running from, a-ha
What are you running from, ahh
The accent you hid behind is gone
What are you running from, ahh
What are you running from, a-ha
What are you running from, ahh
The past may die but it's never gone
What are you running from, ahh