'Cause You Stop The Noise.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes Gee."

He smiled up at me and opened his book to about half way through.

"This is called Alibis. My friend Josh helped me write it.."

I nodded.

He closed his eyes, "From the scrapes and bruises
To the familiar abuses
I'll kick and scream but it never changed anything

I could spill my guts out
Wearing my best little girl pout
And I almost missed it
But nobody said that this was gonna be easy

This is not the man I hoped to be
And I'm just trying to stop the bleeding
I don't know how to word it
I just started to deserve it
And all my, all my faces are alibis
And me, I'm half the man I wanted to be

Most times it all comes out wrong
I don't know the words but I'll hum along
There's nothing famillar here anymore
to anyone or anything left to feel alive

And I still taste that sickness
And it makes me crazy without it at best
But I'm in the same place I used to be
But I'm trying harder not to be

This is not the man I hoped to be
And I'm just trying to stop the bleeding
I don't know how to word it
I just started to deserve it
And all my, all my faces are alibis
And me, I'm half the man I wanted to be

So what am I? What am I? So What Am I?

And all my, all my faces are Alibis
This is not the man I hoped to be
And I'm just trying to stop the bleeding
I don't know how the words go
I just started not to say no

Don't want it, Don't get it
I know you won't regret it
Don't surface, Don't surface
And I feel so damned worthless
Another day is gone and all my faces are alibis
all my faces are alibies

and me, I'm half the man I wanted to be..."

I let out a breath I hadn't known I was holding in.

"Gee, that was beautiful."

He smiled. "Good."

"You know.. You're exactly who you should be. I love you so much, Gerard. You're going get get better.

He sighed. "Yeah. I'm going to get better."

He sat up straight and looked into my eyes.

"And you're going to get better too."