Empty ribs in an empty room So fragile you can see right through Thinking I'll heal if I just don't move Then comes that voice saying, "You're a fool" Been trying to write for months now Hush the worst of thoughts with words out of my mouth But what can you say when your heart's gone out? I'd ask for a light, but I am much too proud Here it comes Hot like a fever — I can't run Helpless to the burn Telling me "love, you'll never learn" I am the haunted and I'm the ghost I am the hand wrapped round my own throat I am the poison, where is my antidote All the boys, they push my name between their teeth Like I'm the killer and not the nicotine But maybe I am, maybe there's something about me A bitterness in my bones Though God knows, I was trying for sweet Breaking down from the inside out Clench my fists Can't just give it all up I'm made of more than this Here it comes Hot like a fever — I won't run Shut the voices out No more will I burn myself down I am the haunted and I'm the ghost I'm tired of haunting, open the window Draw out the poison, I am my antidote