So, don't be scared,
may I remind you that I loved you from the very start,
when I saw you in the schoolyard, it was recess,
I think the second grade at Coyle School in Sacramento, California,
We lived on Marlin Circle.
Oh, it was the suburbs, yeah, my whole family,
I had a stepdad, I had a stepdad.

I waited for you, and the other two, that's where you played with me
I waited for you, and the other two, that's where you played with me

Oh, I needed help with my math classes,
I couldn't add or subtract or do multiplication.
I was better in English,
because I liked to write poetry in the back of the class.
I didn't wear glasses but I sat with the kids who were nerds, I guess,
they were considered that, but they were really goths
who listened to Nine Inch Nails... Nine Inch Nails...

I waited for you, and the other two, that's where you played with me
I waited for you, and the other two, that's where I met you

I ran away from my parent's house
Are you afraid of the dark?