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Splinter

from Bear of Bad News by Middlesex

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lyrics

Give it all up but don't give it too fast
I hate it when you see me, go and bring up the past
It's a god damn shame when somebody loses their way
I keep my problems big and my blessings small
Everyone's a pessimist, yet I'm one to talk
It's a god damn shame and I see it every day

But without you by my side, I wouldn't be set straight

Oh, who would've thought that'd you'd work your way in
Like a splinter under my skin
But you are not annoying like the splinter that is going down (down, down)
Oh no, don't work your way out

But people over medicate
By getting too intoxicated
Or driving at fast speeds
Or even smoking loads of weed
And they say it helps anxiety and stress
And all the rest
But without it you're all depressed and bored

SO TAKE A DEEP BREATH

and try
Sitting and thinking and breathing and feeling
The heartbeats around you from floor to the ceiling
Or if you're outside from the grass to the sky
And take in the beauty with your beautiful eyes
Or listen to the birds
Chirp in the trees
Tripping and laughing
Because life's a tease
And watch the dogs walk their humans on a leash

But without you by my side, I wouldn't be set straight

Oh, who would've thought that'd you'd work your way in
Like a splinter under my skin
But you are not annoying like the splinter that is going down (down, down)
Oh no, don't work your way out

Oh Holler at the people that you never thought would be happy
Oh Holler at the people that you never thought would be happy
Oh holler at the people that you never thought
Would ever ought
To leave their life behind
And escalate up with the divine
And as you're crying you'll make peace
With all the people who have cheated
Their way out of life through lying
Instead of just getting by trying
And it's perfectly okay
If you go and lose you faith
If we can agree
That you are so strange

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from Bear of Bad News, released September 15, 2015

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