life was a circle, always looking to borrow
money from next week and happiness from tomorrow
looking back down the road as the light gets dimmer
at the roadkill of my life in the rear-view mirror
always shifting the burden onto somebody else
‘cause I seem to be incapable of caring for myself

heading for the open door, too numb for regret
like a beloved family pet on his final trip to the vet
then things got bad and things got weird
but false courage overcame irrational fear
that’s the theory of the moths, the winding back of the clocks
she made me feel like I could be everything that I’m not

Ally
I’ll take you home with me
you’re my worst friend
and my best enemy
oh Ally
without you I can’t sleep
oh Ally
I drain you and you drain me

asleep with my boots on, no kind of defence
Ally knows all ‘cause she’s seen all seven sides of the fence
now I’m just waiting at the door like a shepherd to the slaughter
lead the horse down to the lake and shove its head under the water
cards on the table, clothes on the floor
I always knew that she would have me coming back for more

and there was that something, I’d been looking to find
should have seen the warning signs, but I was far too blind
then she took all my money, she took my pride as well
‘cause you don’t meet nice girls in these kinda hotels
I let her lead me so far off the track
it’s been too long now and I don’t know how to find my way back

Ally
I’ll take you home with me
you’re my worst friend
and my best enemy
oh Ally
without you I can’t sleep
oh Ally
I drain you and you drain me

she hit me for six with no kind of warning
and after that night I couldn’t get up in the morning
makeshift bandages, mysterious bruises
we’re playing the game that only dignity loses
I run back and forth between your house and my bed
with my broken heart or my broken head
my mistress, my gaoler, my success and my failure
I think we broke the world again
and it was always down to you when I couldn’t even stand
when my face hit the deck or the shit hit the fan
my friends are gone my clothes are torn it’s all quickly heading south
who knew something so sweet could leave such a bad taste in my mouth?

Ally
I’ll take you home with me
you’re my worst friend
and my best enemy
oh Ally
without you I can’t sleep
oh Ally
I drain you and you drain me
Ally
I can’t just leave you on the shelf
oh Ally
you know I’ve got nobody else
oh Ally
I know you’re so bad for my health
but I need you Ally, ‘cause I can’t stand myself
I need you Ally, because I can’t stand myself