I'm better off lonely, I've had it don't pick up the phone -  You don't understand me, I can't watch the drama unfold -  Tell me how to handle the slip in the knot of the rope -  Another black Sunday, another black Sunday -  You break me down and think it's all right -  You push me out and troubles on the way -  It brings me down I'm better off lonely, I'm better off lonely -  I'm not your slave -  Maybe there's someway, to get you inside of my scope -  Be on the same page, and not at each other's throats -  And if you get lonely and miss what you wanted the most -  Clean up the bloodstains, clean up the bloodstains -  You break me down and think it's all right -  You push me out and troubles on the way -  It brings me down I'm better off lonely, I'm better off lonely -  I'm not your slave, I'm not your slave -  Pills you swallow wait till tomorrow -  Radio caller tell me your problems -  Face in the mattress scream out the madness -  Keeps getting harder please don't follow me -  I'm not your slave -  You break me down and think it's all right -  You push me out and troubles on the way -  It brings me down I'm better off lonely, I'm better off lonely -  I'm not your slave -  You break me down and think it's all right -  You push me out -  I'm not your slave -  It brings me down I'm better off lonely, better off lonely -  I'm not your slave -  I'm not your slave