So I thank God that I'm alive
Almost every day and night
He keeps me nice and warm and safe inside

And when I die all of my friends
Will come and their last goodbyes
Tell me all the things they couldn't say when I was alive

Well I'm not a man and I won't be
'Cause on the day I turned thirteen
I realized no man is the man they want to be

So tell me where you think I stand
Tell me everything I plan
Won't turn to dirt and fall to pieces in my hand

And you know me too well
You know me better than I know myself
You know me too well
You know me better than I know myself

So break my arms and crush my knees
To get your message through to me
Make me curl up and bawl myself to sleep

'Cause I'm nowhere without your sweet touch
And without his righteous hand on us
So come on, let me fall and tell him this was too much

And you know me too well
You know me better than I know myself
You know me too well
You know me better than I know myself

So I thank God that I'm alive
Almost every day and night
He keeps me nice and warm and safe inside