Someone Else's Problem - Juliana Hatfield

she left her stuff and took off

while you were on the road

she finally decided

you are someone else’s problem

the old guitar on the wall

precariously hung

and when it falls it will become somebody else’s problem

everybody closed their doors and turned away

they don’t need you

they shut their eyes and try to sleep

but in their dreams they will see you

bills don’t stop coming in so you just stop paying them

the cost has now become somebody else’s problem

your itchy skin and dirty feet

you scratch at them until they bleed

the heart that doesn’t beat is someone else’s problem

everybody closed their doors and turned away

they don’t need you

they shut their eyes and try to sleep

but in their dreams they still see you

you blew it all very well by yourself

and everybody knows that every hell is someone else’s problem

make your bed

jump in it let the candle burn until the nightmare has become somebody else’s problem

everybody close your doors and turn away

everybody close your eyes and turn away