Song Description
This song is about letting yourself feel in life, insteading of numbing yourself.
Song Length |
3:44 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock, Rock - Modern |
Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
Mood |
Troubled, Heated |
Subject |
Numbness, General |
Similar Artists |
Melissa Etheridge |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
ANYTHING BUT NUMB
I'M GONNA TAKE THE LIES YOU TOLD ME
LET'EM KICK IN LIKE A DRUG
FEEL THE BURNING IN MY VEINS
CAUSE A SINGLE SHOT OF PAIN IS NOT ENOUGH
AND IT'S GONNA STING LIKE HELL
GONNA HURT REAL BAD
BUT THESE EMOTIONS ARE MINE
AND THEY'RE ALL I HAVE, I'M GONNA
POUND MY FISTS AGAINST THE WALL
CRY, SCREAM, FEEL IT ALL
LET MYSELF COME UNDONE
FEEL THE ACHE TIL IT HITS HOME
LET IT CUT DOWN TO THE BONE
I'LL BY ANYTHING BUT NUMB
I COULD SAY THAT I'M NOT BROKEN
THAT CUTTING WORDS WERE NEVER SPOKEN
THAT THE DOOR HAD NEVER SLAMMED
ON THE DREAMS AND THE PLANS FOR MY LIFE
I COULD KID MYSELF, IGNORE THE TRUTH
BUT THE ONLY WAY I CAN GET OVER YOU , IS TO
POUND MY FISTS AGAINST THE WALL
CRY, SCREAM, FEEL IT ALL
LET MYSELF COME UNDONE
FEEL THE ACHE TIL IT HITS HOME
LET IT CUT DOWN TO THE BONE
I'LL BY ANYTHING BUT NUMB
THIS WON'T BE LIKE EVERY TIME BEFORE
WHEN I'VE HELD BACK EVERY TEAR THAT SHOULD'VE HIT THE FLOOR
I'VE BEEN PARALYZED, HALF-ALIVE
BUT BABY NOT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA
POUND MY FISTS AGAINST THE WALL
CRY, SCREAM, FEEL IT ALL
LET MYSELF COME UNDONE
FEEL THE ACHE TIL IT HITS HOME
LET IT CUT DOWN TO THE BONE
I'LL BY ANYTHING BUT NUMB
ANYTHING BUT NUMB
LET THE HEALING COME
I'LL BE ANYTHING BUT NUMB
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