Stockholm Syndrome

I still remember lying curled on my bed
With my face in my pillow and
My heart filled with dread
Because I'm independent and each time I defy
You denounce all my value and you
Tell me that I'm killing you

It always feels like something is wrong
But you're my only one and
This is where I belong
And you sing me lullabies and
Stroke on my head
But I can't help but feel that
Someday you will kill me

We love each other
But it's Stockholm syndrome
We need each other
But it's Stockholm syndrome
We love each other
But it's Stockholm syndrome
When does a family quit
The guise of sanctity? We love each other
But it's Stockholm syndrome
We need each other
But it's Stockholm syndrome
We love each other
But it's Stockholm syndrome
When does a family quit
The guise of sanctity?

I still remember crying, "No, no, no!"
As you read through my emails
Telling me I should go
See a counselor or something that
Will fix up my head
Because I was so abusive and you
Feel like I am killing you

It always feels like something is wrong
But you're my only one and
This is where I belong
And you sing me lullabies and
Stroke on my head
But I can't help but feel that
Someday you will kill me

We love each other
But it's Stockholm syndrome
We need each other
But it's Stockholm syndrome
We love each other
But it's Stockholm syndrome
When does a family quit
The guise of sanctity? We love each other
But it's Stockholm syndrome
We need each other
But it's Stockholm syndrome
We love each other
But it's Stockholm syndrome
When does a family quit
The guise of sanctity?

I still remember when you
Thought I was cheating
With a girl from the venue
Though she wasn't a lesbian
And you pulled out a knife, and, no
I couldn't believe it
And yet nothing escalated
So the memory's defeated
You'd imagine that I wouldn't want it anymore
There's a root deep in my
Childhood that is keeping score
It'll never let me win the way I need to now
And there's nothing I can do, and, yeah
It really fucking kills me

We love each other
But it's Stockholm syndrome
We need each other
But it's Stockholm syndrome
We love each other
But it's Stockholm syndrome
When does a family quit
The guise of sanctity? We love each other
But it's Stockholm syndrome
We need each other
But it's Stockholm syndrome
We love each other
But it's Stockholm syndrome
When does a family quit
The guise of sanctity?