its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
Well this is easier now, I found all the pieces I lost in the flood
It wasn't that much
And though it's easier now, I will always remember the night that I almost drowned
All alone in a house
And the love that I lost, with all of the shit that came out in the wash
Just a pocket of fluff
I'm not put upon, I am free of from disease no grays no liver-spots
Most of the misery's gone, gone, gone to the bone
I'm not miserable now, no one knows, no one knows
I'm not miserable
So the hymns that I sung, prayers for the fucked, from a bitter, forked tongue
Sing of history now
Though the corners are lit, the dark can return with the flick of a switch
It hasn't turned on me yet, yet
I'm not miserable now, no one knows, no one knows
I'm not miserable
It wasn't that much
And though it's easier now, I will always remember the night that I almost drowned
All alone in a house
And the love that I lost, with all of the shit that came out in the wash
Just a pocket of fluff
I'm not put upon, I am free of from disease no grays no liver-spots
Most of the misery's gone, gone, gone to the bone
I'm not miserable now, no one knows, no one knows
I'm not miserable
So the hymns that I sung, prayers for the fucked, from a bitter, forked tongue
Sing of history now
Though the corners are lit, the dark can return with the flick of a switch
It hasn't turned on me yet, yet
I'm not miserable now, no one knows, no one knows
I'm not miserable
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