I swear I never meant to hurt you, make you cry I'll never let you close enough to say goodbye I'm only pulling on your heartstrings for the moment No emotion, I'm only gonna hurt you Make you cry, make you cry Can you tell me why You think you can change me, think you can save me From myself, dressed in white Maybe I'll break you, maybe I'll take you right to hell I can't feel a thing, all this novacaine Running through my heart I can't feel a thing, numbing all the pain Yet I take the blame I swear I never meant to hurt you, make you cry I'll never let you close enough to say goodbye I'm only pulling on your heartstrings for the moment No emotion, I'm only gonna hurt you Make you cry, make you cry Make you cry, cry When the nights grow cold And your tears they shed Don't you save your breath By the time that I'm done There'll be nothing left, there'll be nothing left I can't feel a thing, all this novacaine Running through my heart I can't feel a thing, numbing all the pain Yet I take the blame I swear I never meant to hurt you, make you cry I'll never let you close enough to say goodbye I'm only pulling on your heartstrings for the moment No emotion, I'm only gonna hurt you Make you cry, make you cry Make you cry, cry I don't wanna make you cry But when I do, I won't feel a thing When I do, I won't feel a thing I don't wanna make you cry But when I do, I won't feel a thing When I do, I won't feel a thing No, no, no, no