Slept with wolves I thought were mine,

Called your predator's design,

Offered my throat, a deadly thing,

Forgot what life was meant to bring.

You finally say the words, think you've won…

Cut me open, bleed me dry

I put a smile on while I die

Don't expect that I will cry

When you're saying goodbye

cut me open

bleed me dry

You can’t bleed a stone, can’t kill a man already gone

The final blow you came to land was struck at early dawn

Months ago, in some quiet, forgotten fight

That’s when I died.

You finally say the words, think you've won…

Cut me open, bleed me dry

I put a smile on while I die

Don't expect that I will cry

When you're saying goodbye

So lay your flowers on a grave you never knew was there

The boy you meant to bury, you killed with your cold care

He’s been gone so long, his name is dust upon the air

You can’t murder a memory. You can’t make a ghost care.

Cut me open, bleed me dry

I put a smile on while I die

Don't expect that I will cry

When you're saying goodbye

Cut me open, bleed me dry

I put a smile on while I die

Don't expect that I will cry

When you're saying goodbye