"Is there a way out of here?"
"Hey, how long you been here?"
"I wanna go home"
"Hey"
"Excuse me, could you tell me how to get out of here?"

"I want to go home"
"Mommy, mommy"

Every hallway's painted white as the light
That will guide you to your help
Making friends with strangers inside my mind
'Cause they seem to know me well

Hiding the pills inside your mouth
Swallow 'em down, then spit them out
I hear the laughter scream and shout
No tomorrow

When they call your name
Better run and hide
Tell you you're insane
You believe their lies
I'm not gettin' out, no (ooh)
I'm not gettin' out alive (ooh)
I'm not getting out (ooh)
'Cause I'm patient number nine (ooh)

When the sun goes down, the animals cry
That's a sound you won't forget
It's the mirror's face you don't recognize
It'll get you in the end

Hiding the pills inside your mouth
Swallow 'em down then spit them out
I hear the laughter scream and shout
Someone help me

When they call your name
Better run and hide
Tell you you're insane
You believe their lies
I'm not gettin' out, no (ooh)
I'm not gettin' out alive (ooh)
I'm not getting out (ooh)
'Cause I'm patient number nine (ooh)

When the walls of a padded cell become reality
How many tears 'til I drown myself 'cause no one cries for me?
If there's a God, why'd he let the devil do his work on me? Oh, yeah
If there's a God, what am I doing here?

When they call your name
Better run and hide
Tell you you're insane
You believe their lies
I'm not gettin' out, no (ooh)
I'm not gettin' out alive (ooh)
I'm not gettin' out (ooh)
'Cause I'm patient number nine (ooh)

Copyright: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Songtrust Ave, Universal Music Publishing Group
Writer(s): Ali Tamposi, Andrew Wotman, Chad Smith, John Osbourne, Robert Trujillo