At A Distance

from Self Effacer by Quote

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At a Distance

I started my life about a year too late
So when they counted up the tally, man I didn’t even place
Sometimes I get letters just to turn me away
They say: “thanks but we just don’t need you”

So I hide myself away with my books and my pens
I write a lot of stories but I don’t see them through to the end
And all the empty pages talk much louder than the rest
They say: “thanks but we just don’t need you”

I heard the sound coming off of the porcelain walls as the band began to play
I spat my heart out in a sink in a bar across the bridge
And I locked my last words away
I saw the crowd walking off as they talked each other up
And I sank beneath the sky
I haven’t spoken to a soul but I’m not ready to go home
Man I wish I could explain why

You either catch a big break or play for your own sake
I couldn’t make it work I had to find another way
Now I’m left with all these things that I wish I could say
Along with all the hollow things I’ve been through

So I could hide in this house until my body finally dies
With these same stale feelings that I could never speak or hide
There was no one who could use just what I carried inside
They all say: “thanks but we just don’t need you”

So I’ll sink into the ground
And I’m moving out of town
It just takes some time
For every branch to die