I've been soother and I've been wife   Tried to solve your life   Stuck with you through your rainy days   Thought that it was just a phase      When the sun came out I tried   To get away and fly   But the needs we had did not subside   What a way for our love to die      I've been hiding behind my gifts   I give until it starts to rip   The skin is torn where I begin   The thread is worn and might give in      Underneath it all I feel the eyes   Of all the things that I despise   Can I fight them off with sticks and stones?   Can I fight them off alone?      Soothe yourself, soothe yourself, soothe yourself      Now I'm thinking about my own advice   If I could soothe myself it might be nice   Callin' names ain't the same no more   Took a look and locked that door      Memories and cold hard facts   Watched it all come rushing back   All the times I told you what to do   All the times I thought I knew      Soothe yourself, soothe yourself, soothe yourself   Soothe yourself      Soothe yourself, soothe yourself, soothe yourself      Yourself