Chewing My Nails (feat. Lars Horntveth)

I'm chewing my nails

Weighing the scales

Shifting my weight when everything fails

I swarm to embrace

But won't give up a race

Once it's on

I keep my foot in the door

Because they don't fit the floor

My trick to survive, know what news to ignore

Agendas they choose

Reflect not in my muse

They're peon

Hear me out just listen

I need nothing on the side

I'm in for the final ride

I hear song

It ebbs and it flows

Abundance of prose

Some of my highs and lots of my lows

I've said it before

It's hard to ignore

When it spawns

Hear me out just listen

I need nothing on the side

I'm in for the final ride

I hear song

I stepped on a false nail

Crushed it in the sidewalk

Offered its red polish to the rain

Last night I told you

I felt lost in the crosstalk

And you asked me to sit down and explain

Crushed nails never miss

The hands they leave behind

Like watches in a drawer that no one winds

If you recognize the final kiss

You've just been playing blind

You knew the outcome way before my time

I'm chewing my nails

Weighing the scales

Shifting my weight when everything fails

I swarm to embrace

But won't give up a race

Once it's on

I'm chewing my nails

Weighing the scales

Shifting my weight when everything fails

I swarm to embrace

But won't give up a race

Once it's on

Hear me out just listen

I need nothing on the side

I'm in for the final ride

I hear song