from
The Shame Song,
released November 11, 2016
Why do I feel like I've been pulled by the root
And placed in a vase in a third-rate hotel room?
It took years to know that I'm carved from stone
And smoothed out by time I feel ashamed not knowing why
You say, we're running out of our minds
Trapped underneath a glass like panicked flies
It's always been a struggle to survive
So do your best and hold your breath for the rest of your life
In the night
Between the flashes of the neon sign
We collide and divide
And under the debris we will hide
I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm not alright
(Skipping the day, living at night)
There is a technical failure I can't find
(A technical failure in my mind)
When the past is on your heels it's best to run away
When the future is a cloud you'd better be afraid
Until the bomb gets dropped
By a king wearing a fast food chain cardboard cut-out crown
Why do I feel like I've stepped far beyond the cliff
And I'm falling free but failed to notice it?
Broken like a glass on a dance floor long ago
Time smoothed out my mind like the edges of a stone
In the night
I found a place on my desk in the moonlight
You & I
Underneath a useless flood of words we'll hide
I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm not alright
(Skipping the day, living at night)
There is a technical failure I can't find
(A technical failure I can't find)
When the past is on your heels it's best to run away
When the future is a cloud you'd better be afraid
I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm not alright (Skipping the day, living at night)
I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm not alright (A technical failure I can't find)
I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm not alright
I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm not alright (Skipping the day, living at night)
I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm not alright
I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm not alright (A technical failure I can't find)
When the past is on your heels it's best to run away
When the future is a cloud you'd better be afraid