Okay okay okay
“How have you been today?
I’d like to see your face”
Somewhere down the water, I’ll get it
(all this talk of “down the line” when I was entranced)
Someone down the water I’ll meet
(by your hoax life-line, “there’s someone out there for you, there’s someone out there for you”)
Somewhere down the water, I’ll get it
(what’s with this comfort you want to give)
But you got it faster than me
(you’re giving the dagger a careless twist)
I don’t want to see you anymore
(I’d never really felt that way before)
You changed the way I think and now I only question more
(and you just found a way to amplify my stupid score)
The same old cycles simply stayed in place
(for once could you not just watch from the shore)
But now I try and only feel dismayed
(your facade of a chance has left me bored)
But who are you? who are you? who are you?
(where are you? Where are you? Where are you?)
Said who are you who has walked into my mind today?
(set stepping stones into the waterways)
I know what you’re saying
(set stepping stones into the waterways)
But I know I can’t respond in a way that makes you happy
(set stepping stones into the waterways)
What do I say to you?
(set stepping stones into the waterways)
But “someone’s out there for you
(disrupt the gentle rot the gentle waves)
Someone who’ll adore you”
“someone’s out there for you
(go on go on disrupt the gentle waves)
Someone who’ll adore you”
"I’m talking to myself"
(go on go on disrupt the gentle waves)
"I really need this help"
[Part 2]
You took all the trust from your presence
You stowed it away in your sheath
And you know that the water’s diverted
To a further downhill stream
Days went by when I was all but floored
But now this stupid water is a burden to explore
I’m sick and tired of wading in this shit
Why can’t I live my life with happiness
(I am not disposable like you think
I am not disposable like you think)
Who are you? who are you? who are you?
What’s this sorrow that has made itself so great?
Okay okay okay
I fell down bad today
And I fucked up my face
The water’s down the drain
And who lives down the drain?
So now there’s nothing gained
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