In the Shadow of the Valley Lyrics

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 nights are all sleepless so all through my day
I took the next shade of weariness down to L.A.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
I don't want to know what I'm thinking or feelingIgnorance is bliss but babe, we won't stay that way
We'll escape heaven somehow down in L.A.I can make your future easier to predict
I'm hot as a devil and cold as an addictPeople usually just make me tired
The plague of always deserving something better
God save me from the rewards I deserve
One for giving up hope and the one for the love that I serveIf I opened my heart then you'd be washed away
Down the bone-dry rivers that drain L.A.My nights are all sleepless and all through my day
I like to take shades of weariness all through L.A.