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An eternity of chances slip like sand from my grip

Up the creek without a paddle on a sinking ship

Bad maps, destination lost on this trip

One bullet in the chamber, got two in the clip

Taskmaster monkey always crackin’ the whip

On my back, too afraid of falling to flip

How’s a man to start a relationship

When he gets his hopes up only to see them dip?

They call me paranoid, pessimist, a little too plain

Poison in my blood and a little insane

And I know most everyone has felt this pain

But that don’t mean shit cuz I can’t be trained

To accept the condition in which I live

Too tired to take but I don’t wanna give

Heart’s so cracked it acts like a love-sieve

And people wonder why I ain’t communicative

Don’t give no chance to pure romance

No joy dance livin’ in these pants

Eyes won’t see, feet won’t move

Skin don’t feel, my soul don’t groove

Too many days spent tryin’ to live the lie

I wonder why don’t I lay down and die?



Why don’t you just hold on a little longer?

Show charity with an honest reply

I’m runnin’ outta breath, can’t get no stronger

Tell me why there’s no You and I



Some nights I swear I just can’t be real

Needles and pins, but I just don’t feel

Like a robot-god who never had to kneel

Playin’ losin’ hands of poker, never getting’ to deal

On the bridge of a ship on an uneven keel

Grasping at emotion slippery as an eel

But always pursuing with religious zeal

A salve for the wound of my Achilles’ heel

The world ain’t made me give up on love

Even as I give up on heaven above

No rainbow, olive branch or pure, white dove

Grippin’ hand too big to fit in the glove

Cold here, I’m sleepin’ watchin’ dreams fly away

To a tune full of notes that I can never play

I stay up all night, sleep most of the day

Put words to paper, the only prayers I pray

Like Jesus Christ was said sacrificed

But my aches are iced while my heart is diced

Gotta get gone, can’t stay here

No sweat gonna drop, won’t shed no tear

It’s settled…guess I’m gonna be alone

Don’t leave me no message, I ain’t comin’ home



I’m a man who can’t get the job done

I’m a man who ain’t got no reason to run

I’m a man who’s always gonna be incomplete

I’m a man unnecessarily discrete

I’m a man who never has good news to share

I’m a man who never wants to take a dare

I’m a man who can only be disappointed

I’m a man noxiously anointed