Gaining Ground
Cutting Room Floor
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I still think i suck at playing the guitar Even though i know it's a lie, it's a lie, it's a lie, it's a lie I'm counting down the minutes until somebody tells me Not to blame my self-esteem on boys You know what sucks about lipstick service It's how you learn you have to be the best on the first try Eating half as much, fucking up your hands 'Cause you have to make the hardest noise Gotta tear apart that voice, that pretty voice I didn't hear of anyone getting raped today, didn't see the murder count go up There's some pretty great things about never leaving your bed They call it leaden limb paralysis when your arms & legs get pinned like this Like gravity's a monster and it's begging to be fed But nothing's quite as heavy when you're underwater I'm not hungry, i'm not thirsty, look at all the salt i swallowed Here among the bottom feeders none of us are picky eaters Circling the sulfur chimneys waiting for the dead And the boys in the first band shout about killer breasts And misgender one of us when we're changing sets Their bodies spit and spray and the audience cheers And the singer asks where we get our ideas Was i invited to reveal or was it to redeem Oh, are you asking, oh, are you asking where i learned to scream The white boys in keb mo' shirts are jamming I'm at the edge of the woods My friends are assaulting my friends in the trees And i'm learning chords and eating lunch He's in love with me and he lies down smiling Hides his hard-on and says my writing is so good He pinched me hard at the classroom door And i slapped his face, but i have a hunch That it should've been a punch, should've been a keys-in-the-knuckles punch I'm working hard and i'm getting functional, counting blessings & cutting checks I'm dodging the blade and catching the flat of the knife It's not giving in if what you give is what it takes to let you live Or is that just the voice inside that tells me to be nice I swung between the armchair and the ottoman And called my daddy, "come and save me, the floor is made of molten lava" In twenty years, i say "remember how you said, 'you're not in danger And you should always be able to save your life'" And they teach me to blame the success of people i love Blame anybody trying to rise above Teach me to blame the place and time being wrong Teach me to blame myself for not being strong But i blame the poison in our blood & in the stream Oh, are you asking, oh, are you asking where i learned to scream Well i learned right here, i learned right here I learned right here, i learned right here, i learned Let me gain ground Let me gain ground I can't say you can't keep me down Let me gain ground Let me gain ground Let me gain ground I can't say you can't keep me down
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