(Trying to get the message through) You took the sun from the sky, give it back You know I wouldn't take a bullet for you You bring me down 'cause of all that you lack You're underhanded and you're sly with it too In a moment of desperation We forgive and we compromise Reaching out for that one sensation - life No time for wasting my time I'm just trying to get the message through You hold up a mirror to me You know that all you'll ever see is you All you'll ever see is you You know you won't change the world from your back But still you lie there like a vacant fool What happens when all your credit runs out And I have to be kind to be cruel In a moment of desperation We forgive and we close our eyes Reaching out for that perfect love to survive hey, yeah, yeah No time for wasting my time I'm just trying to get the message through (trying to get the message through) You hold up a mirror to me You know that all you'll ever see is you All you'll ever see is you You just don't get it Do ya? (I'm trying, trying to get the message) (I'm trying, trying to get the message) (I'm trying, trying to get the message) Baby, baby, baby (I'm trying, trying to get the message) In a moment of desperation We forgive and we close our eyes Reaching out for that one sensation to survive, hey yeah No time for wasting my time I'm just trying to get the message through (trying to get the message through) You hold up a mirror to me You know that all you'll ever see is you (ooh-ooh) All you'll ever see is you (I'm trying, trying to get the message) (I'm trying, trying to get the message) (I'm trying, trying to get the message) (I'm trying, trying to get the message) (I'm trying, trying to get the message) (I'm trying, trying to get the message) (I'm trying, trying to get the message) (Trying to get the message through) Yeah!