I gave up my cynicism I gave up my hard shell I gave up everything that would cause you the least pain I'm immodest as a child old before it's time Why should I hide something I've no chance to see My night was sleepless so all through my day I took the next shade of weariness down to LA I'm off like a shotgun out of your reach My self-importance my mind-numbing haze No I don't want to know about my life No I don't want to know what I'm thinking or feeling Ignorance is bliss but babe we won't stay that way We'll escape heaven somehow down in LA I can make your future easier to predict Hot as a devil and cold as an addict People usually just make me tired The plague of always deserving something better God save me from the rewards I deserve The one for giving up hope the on for the love that I serve If I opened my heart then you'd be washed away Down the bone-dry rivers that drain LA My nights are all sleepless so all through my day I like to take shades of weariness all through LA