paint it cruel

from within us & abroad by tiny blue boxes

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the gentle knives are placed in me,
from forty paces as you stand there.
all of the flesh on display, sick carnival.
vodka hyenas from a nightmare.
let's let our bodies go to waste,
drinking ourselves into oblivion,
or stay in and bore ourselves to sleep;
let's face it, these are our two options.

i've got no faith in what i'm trying to say,
so i keep it buried there in my heart,
it's just another thing that you can pick apart.
daddy says 'stick it all on the tab',
so we will always be alright,
hey! i will not be denied.

so paint it crueller than it is,
sadness is just a fashion statement,
you'll get a year or two at best, i'm telling you,
before they look for your replacement.

i've got no faith in what i'm trying to say,
so i keep it buried there in my heart,
it's just another thing that you can pick apart.
daddy says 'stick it all on the tab',
so we will always be alright,
hey! i will not be denied.

they come to me, devil-faced, clawing at my arms.
they come to me, devil-faced, clawing at my arms.

i've got no faith in what i'm trying to say,
so i keep it buried there in my heart,
it's just another thing that you can pick apart.
and anyway, daddy says 'stick it all on the tab',
so we will always be alright,
hey! i will not be denied.

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from within us & abroad, released November 21, 2009

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