i can t write i can t sing i can t play my insides have been broken my inspiration has flown away and it s hard to see all the little things there s a universe in a crack in the wall or an ant crawling across a broken tile but it s hard to see all the little things when the big things get in the way i can t eat i can t sleep i can t think straight i did not know it could be like this some things are better off being left alone there are things that are best left unknown oh hands don t fail me now they re the only things i have left oh fingers don t let me down now they re the only things that i ve got oh world come come crashing down now oh hands don t fail me now oh let me become deaf and mute to this oh hands don t fail me now i m carrying my life in a cardboard box i carry a bag on my back i m carrying my life in a cardboard box i carry a bag on my back oh hands don t fail me now they re the only things that i ve got oh fingers don t let me down now oh hands don t fail me now oh animals fall down around me oh hands don t fail me now oh fingers don t let me down now oh hands don t fail me now