so the rest of it is history but history repeats itself and i never want to be again where i am now so i’m writing down this story for myself to remember how the curtain fell before i took my bow
and now my eyes aren’t good enough for you to lay yours upon and i close them so they won’t have to see how the needle returns to the start of the same song i’ve been singing ever since you came to love me
now selfishness comes in dimensions yours is so different from mine a youth’s dirt is the truth hurts, the first one’s the worst and you want me to go back to my roots but i think i’ll decline
my mother is reminding me of these previous misadventures while i’m letting in the new man’s butterflies these floaty things have now replaced the empty, angry igloo they’ve landed on it, kissed it ‘til you died
craving lust and love aren’t so easy to define and still i am making a mess history classes are wasted on me the teacher is my lover and so i’ll never pass the test
my fingers are bleeding from abusing my guitar no, the glue is the reason for my tears and as i sit in front of you, learning your teachings i'm wishing for what the silence clears ...