the mobius trip
half written
permanent marker
keep your hands away
by the way
over you
little death
smile like asterix
you are pretty. there's a 'd' in my name but it's only half written. yeah, you are so pretty. you're pretty good at spelling and i'm smitten. read the words i'm spelling out for you on my lips that taste so salty 'coz i've been out sailing bathtub ships. you brainwash me with your shampoo tricks, your handmade bracelets, and your stovetop mix. the sea rocks me, a rolling sea of harmony. reflect, retreat, from everything i see in me. you and me and gravity makes three. the water is dirty but i've been made clean. i think of you, i think of your face and i know, yes, i know, it's time to leave this place. yeah, i think it's time to leave this place. i want you to see... now and then i wonder what things will be like when you come back- will you lose your pack and dance with me? read the words i'm spelling out for you on my lips that taste so salty 'coz i've been out sailing bathtub ships. you brainwash me with your shampoo tricks, your handmade bracelets, and your stovetop mix.
i'm dressed up like a gypsy. she's pretending that she's busy. it's permanent this marker. it's just a doodle of a dinosaur. you're wicked like a porcupine i'm a spineless little concubine. she's patient like her doctor. just make her a little softer. i'm waiting for a lifetime. she'll make me happy when i'm dying. i could stand in the glow of a burned out light bulb for hours. i could stand in the glow of a burning sunset for days. and it's just my luck 'coz she's so random but i'll find the patterns and i'll climb the fence. part bloodhound, part wolverine, part scapegoat, and i'm stuck in between. on a tightrope, on a balance beam, i'll wander around 'til she comes clean. i could stand up straighter than a number two pencil. i could stand up straighter than a figure of speech. and all along i wanted it to be you. like a notebook, like a seedling, i'm on the edge and i'm teetering.
there's an empty whiskey bottle filled with flower pedals and we're changing all the meanings so we can wear expensive metals. when in the end, we all end up the same. why don't we understand when they say when the negative is sensitive, keep your hands away. i try to understand the fashion of existence but it's meaningless and fashionless. it's as simple as a grey sky which is all that's understood on my rainy day. chorus. and still there's a fool on the hill who insomuch as he can touch, lives fulfilling the actual. there's an empty whiskey bottle filled with flower pedals and we're changing all the meanings so we can wear expensive metals. when in the end, we all end up the same. why don't we understand when they say.
by the way you say my name i can tell you're still offended. by the way i say your name i can see your still dependant. i don't think we'll figure out the politics of friendship. i don't think you'll figure out the next best thing, the next best thing. before it came too soon. it had to cover over you. if you would open up your eyes, you'd see what you've been missing. if you'd remember how it felt to deal with the shit from the other side. something happened and you don't know, you don't say what you are thinking. something happened and this i know, i don't want to say what i am thinking. chorus. my mother said "fix it now, you'll be glad you did." by the way i say your name it feels like make-believe. by the way you fake a smile it feels like we're in make-believe. by the way i'm keeping it in until i'm not afraid. (you make no mistake) by the way i'm keeping it in until you're not afraid. (you make no mistake)
let me play my song for you. it's a new one. let me right your wrong for you and so it gets done. wait a sec while i tie my shoe. no reason to shout. wait an hour you've got things to do. why can't we make out? i said it once, "i'm over you." this time i mean it. i said that i would forget you. well that was bullshit. it's true that i have you in mind when i think of... it's true you'll never fall behind - you need your next love. you see nothing in being kind, but it makes you better. you've seen me from the inside 'coz they said to let her. chorus.
i've never asked you what you wanted more but i have always wondered what you had before. you look at all the faces misplaced and passing by. the sky is grey and my heart shakes, is today my day to die? physics tells us things exist outside of what we see but there's no time except for now and now place i'd rather be. physics tells us things exist outside of what we see, but there's no time except for now and no face i'd rather see. what we have already is what we think we need. my shoes are tied and you're around - i'm ready to be happy. chorus.
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