I have never been a better man,
I’ve failed at everything I’ve tried grand style.
Of course I know that’s mostly in my head,
but I know as well your head is all that counts.
You’ve seen me going down all the way
but I’d never think you didn’t care.
Try putting out a fire using your bare hands:
nothing would be saved and you’d get burnt.
Oh sometimes I wish I’d stayed in college,
fix a point and never look away.
But I have gone way too far for turning back.
OK, I’ll be damned, OK.
Lovely was the madhouse in her eyes,
lovely was the way she got me all wrong,
lovely was the sunrise when I left her bed
and walked away, oh never to return.
I could never quit her in my mind
and by now she might be dead for all I know.
Living with some guy who avoids her eye
or laundering money for the narco in Mexico, I don’t know.
It’s just sometimes I wish I’d stayed in college,
fix a point and never look away.
But I have gone way too far for turning back
OK, I’ll be damned, OK
OK, I’ll be damned, OK.
credits
from The Collapse,
released October 28, 2016
Yuri Méndez (synth, acoustic guitar, vocals)
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