Backyard Facelift

Words to wound without offence
Manners restrained and rehearsed
Cold eyes belie the smile
Each phrase and ev'ry tic

Pristine absence
For which we yearn
Its deathly silence
Infinite return

Seething at the margins
Polluting every thought
Inane human chatter
The lie society wrought

Pristine absence
For which we yearn
Its deathly silence
Infinite return

You loathe and you cherish its complacent intrusion
Social expectations define your sense of self
Whispering chorus, endless masquerades
Imposed ambition
Restless expectation
Unremitting scrutiny
Manifest destiny
Lost acuity
Blinding hypocrisy



Credits
Writer(s): Paul O'brien, Steven O'brien
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

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