I throw off my sheets My ears and alarm clock ring to me I'm sore as a sunburn Staying up all night making paper doves I could leave with you Every line I drew It was all I ever knew of love Oh that's not so, please listen close, he's not the center of your world. It's like you're 12 years old, and what if I am? You forget the things you're told Why ivy clings to stone, and what if it does? You leave for air and lose your home And I start to wonder Why the lights all fade away Hey, stay awake, and don't steal my sun Or the doves I made will leave you for the daylight I've rolled up my sleeves I'm plotting a course through deep green sea The waves crash and I shake my knees They won't hold me back, they're not anything But they're the price I pay, they are all I ever knew of hate Oh that's not so, please listen close, she's not the center of your world Why ivy clings to stone, I still don't know why. your course leaves you alone. sunflowers turn to stare, it's never enough. You look away and lose your home i will climb this house, and lay in the sun beneath the clouds, the sooner that I can climb this house, and lay in the sun beneath the clouds, the sooner i'll be home And I start to wonder Why the lights all fade away Hey, stay awake, and don't steal my sun Or the doves I made will leave you for the daylight the more i know the more i wish i knew you so i drew you little birds to sing the words i won't say to you but they do Don't steal my sun, or the doves i made will leave you for the daylight