An Introduction To the Album

Open the curtains
Singing birds tell me, "Tear the buildings down"
You felt blessed to receive their pleasant sound
Things that break make you cringe inside yourself
There's a child counting stars in their time-out of their day
In the corners of their frame, they're encased
In the losing of a grain of themselves
Pushed against the ebb and flow
Wave good-bye and watch it go

Well, show me the honest, proper way
To disarm predatory gaze
Sucking dry, never satiated
You've been misused, been rewired
You're short-circuiting now
Just remember when you'd call me to come
Take a deep breath and then jump
So fragile are bodies
So concave
Work in self-destructive ways

You shot from the hip and missed
Detaching from all of this
In physical pictures you remain
Spiral 'round yourself in figure-eight
I recoil at every new beginning

I searched for a way out
Don't we all?
Existentialist recall
Turn in all, all dichotomies and truths that I gave
I felt wrong in many ways
Didn't heal
It just got harder everyday to be still
To be passing through the throes
In a daze
Feeling heavy
Feeling cold in my skin
In my hand-me-downs
Wearing everything thin
And the pills that you gave didn't do anything
I just slept for years on end, fuck!

Well, so if I call should I beg?
'Cause I'm desperate here
A couple steps from the edge
I can't seem to burn bright enough
I'm cold and I'm left alone
We're all alone
Grab a hold
I know I said to not
What the fuck do I know?
I had a chance to construct something beautiful and I choked
I choked
I choked
I choked