I don’t love you back
I never will
Diesel fumes and time to kill
Hands brush and we look away
Knees touch on a southbound train
And it’s not like you and I were all that special
Barricade me deep behind your eyeballs
Keep me there so you can say you’re helping
And when I go back to the ER it won’t be your fault
Serenade me with your memories of sad songs
Wouldn’t old Hank Williams just drop dead at the sight
Of us inside each other on the cold wet ground?
I bet he’s probably tell us that we’re wrong
But the movements we’ve made
They will outlive us
Through vibrations in the smoky, smoky air
And the words we’ve found tonight
They will speak for us
To anyone who still might care
And I can’t prove that I’m honest or even that I try
For all you know I’m just another echo through the lonely night
And my grip slides off the steering wheel and the danger slips my mind
Oh, the world is ours
The world is us
The world is horrified
I don’t love you back
I never will
Go easy on my fragile, fragile will
Hands brush and we look away
Knees bruised something we can’t say
Except “it’s not like you and I were all that special”
And it’s not like we can say we didn’t try
But I know you’d wanna feel like you are helping
When you kiss my lips at the ER tonight
Serenade me with your memories of sad songs
Wouldn’t poor George Jones just drop dead at the sigh
Of our fingers interlocking by the coaxing of his songs?
Saying:
“The world is ours
The world is us
The world would be mortified”
Oh, the world is ours
The world is us
The world is horrified
credits
from I Have No Brain,
released March 28, 2020
fritter - vocals
bee - guitar
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