Don't wanna talk about it
Don't wanna hear about it
Don't wanna think about it
I wanna shrug it off.
I wanna make light of it
Let it fall between the cracks
I wanna laugh about it
When years have passed.

Saw a black dog panting
by the house tonight
red tongue lolling
eyes all white.
I can't turn a corner
just can't let my guard down
can't even close my eyes
without it being there.

Don't wanna talk about it
Don't wanna hear about it
Not even think about it
Just wanna shrug it off.
And I know deep down that
I haven't changed at all
but I'm slowly getting better
at covering up.

Underneath a flimsy pavement
We buried smiling, a raging bog
We were cocky, young and callous
I guess we had nothing else to do
And all the while it lay in waiting and
took on the form of a charcoal dog