[Chorus] x 2

Now It hurts that I fight
though I know you’re no good to me
Just wish, I didn’t lie, to say that it’s love
Just want it, to be great, let it play out like it could be
Living, at a level, where it’s okay, it’s enough

[Verse 1]


I feel like a dog chasing its tail
Went after that whale, again
I’m playing pretend, I can’t fail, my friend,
don’t have a choice I’m bending that crutch
Losing my voice
6 years destroyed, mark it even
Still, go back to watch you leaving
Maybe, I’ll be singing bleeding love
Dead horse I’m beating but I bluff
Off mountains, they don’t move
Playing a game, I know I’ll lose, still I choose
To show up, maybe it’ll work this time.

[Chorus]

Now It hurts, that I fight,
though I know you’re no good to me
Just wish, I didn’t lie, to say that it’s love
Just want it, to be great, let it play out like it could be
Living, at a level, where it’s okay, it’s enough


[Verse 2]

I’m faking distaste,
pushing away feelings, post haste
Why can’t I replace, you
Staying away to make do


I hate, that I can have a good thing
You send a message and I forget
I let you hold the net

No matter how good it gets
All bets are off and I’m with you.
Ruin foundations to continue
Poison resolve with youth
Why ruin this with the truth

[Chorus]

Now It hurts, that I fight,
though I know you’re no good to me
Just wish, I didn’t lie, to say that it’s love
Just want it, to be great, let it play out like it could be
Living, at a level, where it’s okay, it’s enough

[Post-Chorus]

I feel like a dog chasing its tail
I went after that whale, again

[Bridge]

I’ve been bleeding, leading on
eating my soul and will
What a hole to fill Debt to pay
and I don’t want to see the bill

Grill me and I’ll tell you how to do it right
Still, I’ll let it play through the late night
Kill time, reading my thoughts in fright
Then bury them away, out of sight

Part 2 | 6/8 B Major

[ Verse 3 ]
I’m Freeeeeeeee
What a way to be,
All polite smiles, no animosity.
Loves requited, fueled, excited
I’m delighted,
writing with ignited passion
Cashing Checks, they small though
But I’m building a folio and following
Swallowing pride and not wallowing
In self-pity,

[ Verse 4 ]

Now it hurts to see I fought to lose
A path to choose,
Reduced to self-abuse, confused
Nothing I can do, can’t be excused
Walk on daggers, Perusing,
Hindsight is slightly amusing
When I think of the life I’m producing
The new things,
Head in the clouds I’m a fiend

[Verse 5 ]

Looking back, thinking
Why I, gotta be a moby dick about it
Reminisce, sinking
But I’d, be a different person without it
Chasing White Whales like it defines me
Clayfaced, lost shape, I need reminding
Losing touch end up in Arkham
Confrontational, turn around, pardon?
Stand Nobel, don’t react to Argon
Adjust to the real world, no-garden
For eve, we learned to leave

[Summer of George Outro]