I let go of everythin' I ever had 'Cause I couldn't give the love you deserved By The Gunner, you shouted, oh my God It seemed churlish, but it's what I was owed, I suppose Every flagstone of this town bears our prints And all the bars 'round here serve my ghosts and carcasses I wish I knew these things when I was young 'Cause now I've just gone so numb We take whatever we can to get the reason back So, please, don't rein me in Don't rein me in Please, don't rein me in I'm workin' myself up to a nice, warm bliss All my memories of you ring like tinnitus If I stop, it's just pain Please, don't rein me in There's nothin' brave in walkin' alone Love in exile has nowhere to go, so come on home Mm-mm, don't run away from my tenderness You're so afraid of that heart inside of your chest We were doin' so well, but you were scared to be held Took the easiest way out I see the tears of a man too proud to reach for a hand Oh, let my love keep you safe now So, please don't Don't rein me in Please, don't rein me in Now I'm working myself up to a nice, warm bliss All my memories of you ring like tinnitus If I stop, it's just pain Please, don't rein me in And I'm, I'm stood here chewin' everyone's lugs off Telling everybody how much I, it up Telling everybody how much I, it up Telling everybody but you, how much I, it up Slow down (don't rein me in) Slow down (don't rein me in) Don't And I'm workin' myself up to a nice, warm bliss All my memories of you ring like tinnitus If I stop, it's just pain Please, don't rein me in Now I'm workin' myself up to a nice, warm bliss (workin' myself) All my memories of you ring like tinnitus (my memories of you) If I stop, it's just pain Please, don't rein me in