At Arms Length lyrics

caught in a dream
but never come home
always around the corner
another corner waits
caught in...

you could say i`m an avante-gard composer
cuz there aren`t any notes in a single one of my note books
as soon as i find a way to play these reams of sheet music
with an instrument that`s new and uses a scale of crossed out words
regret and embarresment instead of guitar chords
andi`m sure it`s just a matter of seconds
before i`m rich on MTV
pack the place with kids to sing my songs with me
and bite their tounges along with me

i never got a messege in a dream
i`ve come back but never come home
always around the corner
another corner waits
caught in...

this was supposed to be a release
and now it`s quite easily the most stressful piece of my existence
my trip overseas, i was scared shitless
the second time only felt an overpowering indifference
now my third is iminent, and i just feel sick
i`m the guy in the doctor`s office
`doctor, it hurts when i do this`
you weigh less than your own shaddow
i was barely a stick to start with
now i`m outdone by the sum
of all the splinters i`ve discarded

and none of my friends know who i am, it`s our arrangement
i kept cex at arm`s length to try and keep the real ryan safe
for every dodgeball thrown, every night with cameras rolling
there`s bright lines drawn around all of the shit we leave unspoken
my confessions could fill stadiums, but still
my heart`s buried under baltimore, and i think i`ve fogotten where
i could tear up the city trying find it but knowing myself
i`d just probably lie in the cavity with straw and disappear

i never got a messege in dreams
i`ve come back but never come home
always, arond the corner another corner waits
caught in perpetual low
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