Tooth and Nail

I'm out here in traffic, alone on the Gardner Expressway
Eastbound into the city, and it feels like the first time are songs in my head in a long
time
That I'm not ripe with self-pity, and you said if you hate this, why don't you leave
I'm already committed, don't take shit from me
I am writhing, and boiling, and grinding my teeth, on the last small bit of patience I
know I'd rather keep

And I've been thinking of something to say
But I've got hunger in my heart
And smoking embers in my brain

I'm prideful and mean, and I'm not quite on track
With all the ways that my decisions, make it hard to have my back
And if I hate you, I won't live this down
If I hate you, I won't live this down

I will face this one day, my friend
If we can't make amends, I'm tied down to this burning bridge
With broken heartstrings and loose ends
We sit here in hazes and wonder what went wrong
Were you a coward then
Was I an asshole all along?

I never have something to say until god knows it's much too late
I'm upright at the wrong time
And if I walk away will I ever truly sink my teeth into what I really am?

If I hate you I won't live this down
If I hate you I won't live this down

I will face this one day, my friend
If we can't make amends, I'm tied down to this burning bridge
With broken heartstrings and loose ends
We sit here in hazes and wonder what went wrong
Were you a coward then
Was I an asshole all along?

I'm out here in traffic, alone on the Gardner Expressway
Eastbound into the city, and it feels like the first time are songs in my head in a long
time
That I'm not ripe with self-pity, and you said if you hate this, why don't you leave
I'm already committed, don't take shit from me
I am writhing, and boiling, and grinding my teeth, on the last small bit of patience I
know I'd rather keep