Dead Weight

I don't like most people.

Before I go to sleep at night just look me in the eyes
Nothing holds you close to me but sugar-coated lies
I'll take your words of wisdom and I'll shove ' em in my bag
Travel 'round the world with them and fly my (false) white flag
Tell me how you feel, why don't you tell me what you think
I must've dropped my hearing aide into the kitchen sink
If ya wanna make decisions, if ya wanna have a plan
Turn on that hot water, please, and tell me who I am

I'm the snake that bit your brother
I'm the rock to smash it dead
I'm the venom in his veins
I'm "along with" not "instead"
I'll be in your heart, my love
And I'll be in your head
The face you say you know as mine
Has been long gone and dead

There's nothing in this place I want to take around and share
I'm emptying my lungs, don't even wanna breathe the air
My blood is saturated with the lonliness outside
They all just want to look around through dead and dying eyes
When makeshift walls are holding up, when everybody stares
The way you lie around is like a lion in a snare
Roaring at the sun but sitting blindly in the dark
You might escape the chains but you be sure they'll leave a mark

Like the snake that bit your brother
Like the rock to smash it dead
Suck the venom from his veins
You'll be the dying one instead
I'll be in your heart, my love
And I'll be in your head
I was there when you were dying
But I did not hear what you said

Author's Note

Everyone's perfect.