[Verse 1]
Just give a little twist, little turn
Keep on looking in the right direction, baby
I'm alive with the line, with the lies
But I kept on building it, building it, stack it up
A little architect, you’re crazy
White shirt, black dress tie
Dressed to the nine times too many times
I couldn't wait to get out of the nightlife
It's a straight lie

[Chorus]
Just calm down
The trauma’s on the inside
My line's been drawn
Just calm down
You know the trauma's on the inside
I don't want to be wasting time
Wasting time

[Verse 2]
Do you think that you'd call it crazy?
Contrary, and I shine amazing
Hazing, aging process, called it quits
And the quicksand I trudged through and everything I meant to
Say so, so said the young ones, the dumb ones
And "stupid" you called it, but I called it flawless
Played out and fade out
I planned it - pan left and right, set the curtain
[Chorus]
Just calm down
The trauma's on the inside
My line's been drawn
Just calm down
You know the trauma's on the inside
I don’t want to

My ticket, my destination, singing "hallelujah!"
Oh god, I think I’ve really changed
But she will love me all the same
My dear, it's all for you
And I will pay my dues
Cause I owe you some eight years
And it’s coming to you

[Verse 3]
I wish you could buckle up and take a chance
You know I really do, and you really do
And you really, really do - whoa
Just come along, come along

Don't say, "calm down", don't quit this town
I left cause I was bored at what might be in store
Don't make a sound, ’cause I'll be 'round
[Chorus]
Just calm down
The trauma's on the inside
My line's been drawn
Just calm down
You know the trauma's on the inside
I don't want to

[Bridge]
Why, oh why, do eyes collide
Why won't it feel the same, oh why oh?
Wonder stands
Why, oh why
If words are right
Why won't it feel the same oh, why oh?
So now I won't play games, and I won't change, no

[Chorus]
Just calm down
You know the trauma's on the inside
I don't want to
Just calm down
You know the trauma's on the inside
I don't want to

My ticket, my destination, singing "hallelujah!"
Oh god, I think I've really changed
But she will love me all the same
My dear, it's all for you
And I will pay my dues
Cause I owe you some eight years
And it's coming to you
My dream and now I'm getting out
I'm screaming, "Hallelujah"
Today's the day my life will change
It couldn't make it all the same
Darling, it's all for you, and I will pay my dues
I'm counting 4, 3, 2, 1

[Outro]
Hallelujah, hallelujah
I've left town, and I won't come home
Ohio, I don't know, Michigindiana, California
Where's home?