I tried to be perfect 

But nothing was worth it 

I don't believe it makes me real 

I'd thought it'd be easy 

But no on believes me 

I left all the things that I said 

If you believe it's in my soul 

I'd say all the words that I know 

Just to see if it would show 

But I tried to let you know 

That I'm better off on my own 

This place is so empty 

My thoughts are so tempting 

I don't know how it got so bad 

Sometimes it's so crazy that nothing could save me 

But it's the only thing that I have 

If you believe it's in my soul 

I'd say all the words that I know 

Just to see if it would show 

But I tried to let you know 

That I'm better off on my own 

(On my own!) 

I tried to be perfect 

It just wasn't worth it 

Nothing could ever be so wrong 

It's hard to believe me 

It never gets easy 

I guess I knew that all along 

If you believe it's in my soul 

I'd say all the words that I know 

Just to see if it would show 

But I tried to let you know 

That I'm better off on my own