sweet l a i gave my broken soul to you sweet l a why do you hurt me like you do i keep running and rushing to catch a clue to the mystery of your dark heart i could never have known from the signs i was shown that the game was rigged from the start sweet l a all of these trials you ve put me through sweet l a why do you hurt me like you do underneath all the glamour and flashing lights there are shadows nobody sees in the dim of your dusk you re a cold bloody husk spreading poison into the breeze sweet l a why do you hurt me like you do open the oldest wounds these memories haunt me your secrets and crooked smiles they torment and taunt me i long for atonement s arms carry me back but the reel keeps on spinning loose and the screen is fading to black sweet l a i gave my broken soul to you sweet l a why do you hurt me like you do like you do 