Frightened Kid - Angry Anderson

I'm working on my backwards walk Walking with no shoes or socks And the time rewinds to the end of May I wish we'd never met, then met today I'm working on my faults and cracks Filling in the blanks and gaps And when I write them out they don't make sense I need you to pencil in the rest I'm working on drawing a straight line And I'll draw until I get one right It's bold and dark girl, can't you see I done drawn a line between you and me I'm working on erasing you Just don't have the proper tools I'll get hammered, forget that you exist There's no way I'm forgetting this I'm working hard on walking out Shoes keep sticking to the ground My clothes won't let me close the door Cause the trousers seem to love your floor I been working on my backwards walk There's nowhere else for me to go Except back to you just one last time Say yes before I change my mind Say yes before I... You're the shit and I'm knee-deep in it

I'm in the arch of the church Between her thumb and her forefinger I'm a worshipper A zealot king, cursed, a devotee Of the heady golden dance she does She's an uncut drug I found a vein and a pulse Chased it and for a minute I was floating dead Above myself Get out of my heart, she won't, she won't Get out of my heart, she won't, she won't I saw a glimmer in the dark, and now I know She won't get out of my heart She won't I'm in your purse, pull me out, throw me down Stick me to your lip and draw a scarlet 'O' There's a name on my chest in red The embossing of a branded bull And I don't want you to Get out of my heart, she won't, she won't Get out of my heart, she won't, she won't I saw a glimmer in the dark And now I know She won't get out of my heart She won't Get out of my heart, she won't, she won't Get out of my heart, she won't, she won't And there's a heavinly scar, it let's me now She won't get out of my heart She won't

Daybreak comes with the devil's hum A carcass starts to breathe Wakes one more time to try and find A place to count its teeth And scrub the cuts from yesterday's Hot scuffle in the street Show me the door I need somewhere to go Daylight Woke up hurting With tarmac to my side I woke up with dirty knees Not for the first time I woke up hurting Though I can't quite say why I woke up hurting Woke up hurting Slug through the day, sneak between The houses I have made And run sacred rivers up my sleeve Pills by mouth with lemonade As the hours slow down, they all clock out Of the cracked up daily grind I'm in a back back street, coming down I wait for the beam of light Show me the door I need somewhere to go Midnight Woke up hurting With tarmac to my side I woke up with dirty knees Not for the first time I woke up hurting Though I can't quite say why I woke up hurting Woke up hurting If all these southern tales are true We should pray for abduction, pray it comes soon If all these southern tales are true Plan for Heaven though Hell will do

Time passes I accept the blame And I accept that you might never care to see me again At least we can shake off some shame Still I quiver like a dying leaf in a violent wind I don't wish to be excused for this My disguise and my excuses, they have worn so thin May I ask, and answer honestly Oh, what would you have done if you were me? How could it go so wrong so quickly? Oh, what would you do if you were me? Don't assume that I have found this easy Oh, how would you feel if you were me? Time passes Kills everything In its path, and then it buries us in history Some bits, some bits seem to stick Oh, I thought that you and I could be a timeless thing And I have to ask, please answer honestly What would you have done if you were me? How could it go so wrong so quickly? Oh, what would you do if you were me? Don't assume that I have found this easy How would you feel if you were me?

Well, this is easier now I've found all the pieces That I lost in the flood And it wasn't that much And though it's easier now I will always remember The night that I almost drowned All alone in a house And the love that I lost With all of the shit That came out in the wash Just a pocket of fluff And I'm not put upon I'm free from disease No grays, no liver spots Most of the misery's gone Gone, gone to the bone (I am, I am, I am, I am) (I am, I am, I am, I am) Not miserable now (I am, I am, I am, I am) No one knows (I am, I am, I am, I am) No one knows (I am, I am, I am, I am) I'm not miserable So the hymns that I sung Prayers for the fucked From a bitter, forked tongue Sing of history now Though the corners are lit The dark can return With the flick of a switch It hasn't turned on me yet, yet (I am, I am, I am, I am) (I am, I am, I am, I am) Not miserable now (I am, I am, I am, I am) No one knows (I am, I am, I am, I am) No one knows (I am, I am, I am, I am) I'm not miserable (I am, I am, I am, I am) Not miserable now (I am, I am, I am, I am) No one knows (I am, I am, I am, I am) No one knows (I am, I am, I am, I am) I'm not miserable I am, I am, I am, I am I am, I am, I am, I am I am, I am, I am, I am I am, I am, I am, I am