For every ugly little act

For every word that won't take back

For every something there's a reason

And a someone feeling bad

For every day that falls to waste

Let there be something in its place

Let me know somewhere I can see

There's fate that I can contemplate

Oh

How I’m nothing if not useless

There’s a gulf inside I wander shoeless

Every argument is fruitless

Someone tell me why I must go through this

Love me

I'm your son

Love me

Just this once

For all the love that don't take place

For every clumsy, cold embrace

For every blunder digs a crater

The subconscious fills with hate

For every foot that's out of step

And every excuse that don't make sense

For all the hurt that just won't mend

That's catastrophic to the health

Take me somewhere with no bruises

Where there’s someone proud and no one stupid

Some day I will do a good thing

Maybe be the person that I should be