Bored, alone, lonely, sad.
Empty, lost, searching, mad.
Fat, poor, boring, sore.
I am, I was, I will, I can.
Not yet. Someday.
Today? Tomorrow.
Somehow, some way,
I'll mask this sorrow.
Away from here.
Gone, I won't borrow.
I'll lie, I'll hide, I'll shed a tear.
I'm a fucked up masterpiece.
I'm a hopeless human being.
I'm the best liar when it comes to me.
I just pretend to know who I'm being.
This is who I am. Can you handle this?
This is where I stand.
I’ll never be someone else.
I’m just being honest.
I'll shake, I'll sob. I'll drown my fears.
I'm strong but weak. So real but fake.
Scared, depressed, anxious, nervous.
Jealous, protective, obsessive, possessed.
Broken mess. Scattered pieces.
Wondering thoughts that I'm missing.
Clouded mind, can't make decisions.
Wanna fast forward time to when I'm winning.
Trying but I can't stop this spinning.
Frantically starting over.
Inch by inch, getting closer.
I'll lie, I'll hide, I'll shed a tear.
I'm a fucked up masterpiece.
I'm a hopeless human being.
I'm the best liar when it comes to me.
I just pretend to know who I'm being.
This is who I am. Can you handle this?
This is where I stand.
I’ll never be someone else.
I’m just being honest.
There's so much I want to be.
So I'm everyone plus me.
I’m everyone.
There's so much I want to be.
So I'm everyone plus me.
I’m everyone.
I’m everyone except me.
Do you see me? Do you hear me?
Do you know me, do you understand?
Can you relate, take my hand,
and lead the way to the other side?
Show me what it's like on the other side.
Show me what it's like.
This is why I sing. This is why I write.
This is who I am. This is why I'm quiet.
This is why I fight it.
'Cause once it's ignited
it's hard to put out that fire.
Then I won't be singing from the choir.
Alive, I'm here, alone, not sad.
Fulfilled, found, but I'm still mad.
Loved, rich, I'll try some more.
I am, I was, I will, I can.
Right now, today, again I'll follow.
Sometime I'll fly; I'll fight this sorrow.
Right here I'll stay until tomorrow...
I'll lie, I'll hide, I'll shed a tear.
I'm a fucked up masterpiece.
I'm a hopeless human being.
I'm the best liar when it comes to me.
I just pretend to know who I'm being.
This is who I am. Can you handle this?
This is where I stand.
I’ll never be someone else.
I’m just being honest.
credits
from Frantic Endeavor,
released May 26, 2017
Music by Frantic Endeavor
A compilation of rollicking cuts from this Australian post-punk band that plays like a hybrid of the Velvets and the Stooges. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 3, 2017
