An Introduction to the Album

Lyrics for An Introduction to the Album

Open the curtains Singing birds tell me, "Tear the buildings down" You felt blessed to receive their pleasant sound Things that break make you cringe inside yourself There's a child counting stars in their time-out of their day In the corners of their frame, they're encased In the losing of a grain of themselves Pushed against the ebb and flow Wave good-bye and watch it go Well, show me the honest, proper way To disarm predatory gaze Sucking dry, never satiated You've been misused, been rewired You're short-circuiting now Just remember when you'd call me to come Take a deep breath and then jump So fragile are bodies So concave Work in self-destructive ways You shot from the hip and missed Detaching from all of this In physical pictures you remain Spiral 'round yourself in figure-eight I recoil at every new beginning I searched for a way out Don't we all? Existentialist recall Turn in all, all dichotomies and truths that I gave I felt wrong in many ways Didn't heal It just got harder everyday to be still To be passing through the throes In a daze Feeling heavy Feeling cold in my skin In my hand-me-downs Wearing everything thin And the pills that you gave didn't do anything I just slept for years on end, fuck! Well, so if I call should I beg? 'Cause I'm desperate here A couple steps from the edge I can't seem to burn bright enough I'm cold and I'm left alone We're all alone Grab a hold I know I said to not What the fuck do I know? I had a chance to construct something beautiful and I choked I choked I choked I choked