Only Talking Sense

There's a wild thing in the woolshed
And it's keeping me awake at night
A devil in the closet
And a feeling I prefer to hide
He is religion
He won't hear me when I cry for help
He has a vision of me
But I am somebody else

We talk

There are times when I'm tied up to the fence
I'm only talking sense

There's a mirror lake before me
But I'm frozen when it's time to jump
It's like maybe I'm afraid of what I'll find
When independence comes
You steal my shadow
You make my blood run dry

We are true
Only when we talk
The pillow

There are times when I'm tied up to the fence
And I'm only talking sense

Well, I'm only talking sense

Did you suffer as a child?
That's why you want to make me cry
You are afraid of me
That's why you are so unkind
You won't deny it

When your child is tied up to the fence
But I'm only talking sense
Only when we talk
The pillow

When your child is messed up in the head
Well, I'm only talking sense