An Amazing Song

I saw you picking the words out

Arranging them with the hurt at the back of your mouth

It came from your stomach

No way that you weren’t sitting on it

Just be honest

I wrote a verse sunday morning

You didn’t wanna go out for lunch anymore

And then came a chorus

Since when do you sleep in those clothes?

And then I drove us

Almost home

And wrote a title track on the road

See, you were bitter but you were right

I think there are worse ways to sleep at night

You swallow a pill and anesthetize

I’m over here barely getting by

Spinning the hurt into a couple lines that rhyme

I hope the pain makes you millions

And then you bury it deep inside your ribs

And someday a med school

Will open you up like a capsule

And your past will

Heal an overachiever

Give ‘em childhood wounds to see and believe

That love is forever

And failure is fear getting clever

You have never failed on me

Go and show someone how to leave

See, you were bitter but you were right

I think there are worse ways to start a fight

You swallow your rage and record your spite

I’m over here barely getting by

Spinning the hurt into a couple lines that rhyme

Take the dog and the gin

Have the vinyls, the nice shoes, and my violin

Build an empire on

All the damage I’ve done

Make a life with the parts

I just make fucking art

You were right all along

I’m gonna write an amazing song

I want you to have all you want

Can I have an amazing song?