Looking for the man that attacked me
While everybody was laughing at me
You beat it in me, that part of you
But I’m gonna split us back in two
“I’m tired of wasting my breath
Carrying on, and getting upset.”
Wish you gave me your number
Wish I could call you today
Just to hear a voice
I got a long way to go
I’m getting further away
If I didn’t know the difference
Living alone’d probably be okay
It wouldn’t be lonely
I got a long way to go
I’m getting further away
A lot of hours to occupy
It was easy when I didn’t know you yet
Things I’d have to forget
But I better be quiet now
I’m tired of wasting my breath
Carrying on, and getting upset
Maybe I got a problem
But that’s not what I wanted to say
I’d prefer to say nothing
I got a long way to go
I’m getting further away
Had a dream as an army man with an order just to march in my place
While a dead enemy screams in my face
But I better be quiet now
I’m tired of wasting my breath
Carrying on, not over it yet
Wish I knew what you were doing
And why you want to do it this way
So I can’t go the distance
I got a long way to go
I’m getting further away
I got a long way to go
I’m getting further away
I see you’re leaving me and taking up with the enemy
The cold comfort of the in between
A little less than a human being
A little less than a happy high
A little less than a suicide
The only things that you really tried
This is not my life
It’s just a fond farewell to a friend
Didn’t need me to give him hell
He could be cool and cruel to you and me
Knew we’d put up with anything Elliott Smith Monday May 5 @ 03:21am
And I don’t need your permission
To bury my love
Under this bare light bulb Coming Up Roses - Elliott Smith Thursday May 5 @ 12:37pm