Yeah, But I've Been Down Here Before, And I Know the Way Out

This guy's walking down a street when he falls in a hole. 

The walls are so steep, he can't get out. 

A doctor passes by, and the guy shouts up, "Hey you, can you help me out?" 

The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole and moves on. 

Then a priest comes along, and the guy shouts up "Father, I'm down in this hole, can you help me out?" 

The priest writes out a prayer, throws it down in the hole and moves on. 

Then a friend walks by. "Hey Joe, it's me, can you help me out?" 

And the friend jumps in the hole. 

Our guy says, "Are you stupid? Now we're both down here." 

The friend says, 

"Yeah, but I've been down here before, and I know the way out."

[Verse 1]

Listen to me closely as the story unfolds

This could be the saddest story even been told

I used to want the house with the biggest pool

Reminiscing now I just feel like a fool

[Chorus]

Keep breaking me down, down, down

Keep breaking me down, down, down

Keep breaking me down, down, down

Keep breaking me down, down, down

[Verse 2]

I used to throw the party every New Year's Eve

First one intoxicated, last one to leave

Waking up in places that you would never believe

Give me back the time, you can keep the memories

[Chorus]

[Bridge]

Every book I've read said that I would meet somebody like you

Whenever I was sorry, so sorry for the things I used to do

A journal full of numbers that I used to go through

(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) all behind me now, all because of you

[Chorus]

You keep breaking me, you keep breaking me down

I don't wanna, wanna go no

Don't wanna go down, down, down

[Verse 4]

Baby, baby see there's a door that you can walk through

Where there used to be a wall

I don't care, it's cool as long as you catch me baby

(Catch me when I fall) If there's ever a fall

Closer to the breakdown, the closer we get