I gave up my cynicism I gave up my hard shell 
I gave up everything that would cause you the least pain 
I'm immodest as a child old before it's time 
Why should I hide something I've no chance to see 
My night was sleepless so all through my day 
I took the next shade of weariness down to LA 

I'm off like a shotgun out of your reach 
My self-importance my mind-numbing haze 
No I don't want to know about my life 
No I don't want to know what I'm thinking or feeling 
Ignorance is bliss but babe we won't stay that way 
We'll escape heaven somehow down in LA 

I can make your future easier to predict 
Hot as a devil and cold as an addict 

People usually just make me tired 
The plague of always deserving something better 
God save me from the rewards I deserve 
The one for giving up hope the on for the love that I serve 
If I opened my heart then you'd be washed away 
Down the bone-dry rivers that drain LA 
My nights are all sleepless so all through my day 
I like to take shades of weariness all through LA