Nail-biting Song

Broken down little flakes In my tongue Come from larger pieces Grown on my fingers Gnawed at constantly For the purpose I don't know But I've got a couple guesses, I Would like to share It's fear, it's guilt, it's envy It's my self-destruct When I feel like I'm stuck And when the light shines in my eyes You know I'm thinking all the time But something happens when it gets too bright And I lose my mind And in all these open lines And this distraction gets me feeling bad In my head, I'm slow I don't have fun I just become what I've done I live in a well holding onto what I sell And I am so angry, I'm just mad 'Cause people are not born with a fair chance I stay here all day Picking flowers for your grave Asking all the time Who's in charge and who's getting paid It should seem obvious But I'm not sure how to play the game I throw away my receipts and don't do my taxes for the first of May It stays in the family Keeping me happy And I will always be assured I'll never be lonely And it won't matter if I don't ever have the nerve To tell it like it is Lost in my own personal narrative Oh, tell me it's easy Tell me you believe me A sense of resounding joy No time to assess, my Whole life is a mess, I Terror fills my every move I can't move very far Locked in the chains I bound and tied myself Bound and tied myself And when the light shines in my eyes You know I'm thinking all the time And if it has to end Then, darling, let's just play pretend We'll put a mortgage down and settle in Making babies, drinking gin I don't like moving I push around the block a couple more It's in your interest To let me go away if I am bored But I'll be right back, babe So don't forget my love I put it on the shelf I'm still so weary From all those other times That I hid myself from view And now it starts to come unglued And I'm not sure how to conclude All this mess I put you through Lesson learned