Aside (Weakerthans) lyrics

Song information

Artist: Emocapella
Album: I'm Sorry

Lyrics

Measure me in metered lines, in one decisive stare, the time it takes to get from here to there. my ribs that show through t-shirts and these shoes I got for free; I'm unconsoled, I'm lonely. I am so much better than I used to be. terrified of telephones and shopping mall, and knives, and drowning in the pools of over lives. rely a bit to heavily on alcohol and irony. get clobbered on by courtesy, in love with love, and lousy poetry. and I'm leaning on a broken fence between past and present tense. and I'm losing all these stupid games that I swore I'd never play. and it almost feels okay. circumnavigate this body of wonder and uncertainty. armed with every previous failure, and amateur cartography, I breathe in deep before I spread these maps out on my bedroom floor. leaving. wave goodbye. losing, but I'll try, with the last ways left, to remember. sing my imperfect offering