Do you know how it feels to be not enough?
To be parts of many, instead of just one?
A whole, less than the sum of its parts?
A path cut through the pavement.
All the best laid plans of terrified men,
laid out in concrete and flattened.
They lead to nowhere no one needs
for the sake of propriety.
It took more courage than I had to say this and not look back.
I can hear it plain in the subtext.
“You’re just lying.”
“You’re just scared.”
“People like that, they don’t exist.”
But I’m standing here.
I remember that night when I was twelve.
Nervously, I told my mother what I felt.
When she told me it was wrong, she thought she’d helped.
I thought the same, ashamed of the hand that I’d been dealt.
All the help that I could hope to find
on every path, from the narrow to the wide,
told me I had to choose. “Men just don;’t like
both women and men. Now, you’ve gotta pick a side.”
It took me thirty odd years to realize I should just follow my pride.
I can hear it plain in the subtext.
“You’re just lying.”
“You’re just scared.”
“People like that, they don’t exist.”
But I’m standing here.
I just want those who love me to know me.
I just want to know myself.
I can hear it plain in the subtext.
“You’re just lying.”
“You’re just scared.”
“People like that, they don’t exist.”
But I’m standing here.
Found this album at a time I was in the habit of having a bad dream about you and me. It's great, the song's great, the band's great, corn dogs are probably mid at best. vincentavatar
I got this album on another platform when it first came out, and I thought it was excellent. It came out at a time I was searching for more punk music. For me, it really hits a perfect mix of having incredibly articulate, evocative lyrics and inspiring me to move when I hear it. To this day, it's one of my favorite albums to come out. blujacket
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