Aside lyrics

Measure me in metered lines, in one decisive stare, the time
it takes to get from here to there. My ribs that show through
t-shirts and these shoes I got for free; I`m unconsoled, I`m
lonely. I am so much better than I used to be.

Terrified of telephones and shopping mall, and knives, and
drowning in the pools of other lives. Rely a bit to heavily on
alcohol and irony. Get clobbered on by courtesy, in love with
love, and lousy poetry.

And I`m leaning on a broken fence between Past and Present
tense. And I`m losing all those stupid games that I swore I`d
never play. But it almost feels okay.

Circumnavigate this body of wonder and uncertainty. Armed
with every previous failure, and amateur cartography, I
breathe in deep before I spread those maps out on my bedroom floor.

And I`m leaning on a broken fence between Past and Present
tense. And I`m losing all those stupid games that I swore I`d
never play. But it almost feels okay.

And I`m leaving. Wave goodbye Losing, but I`ll try,
with the last ways left, to remember. Sing my imperfect