It's been dead for years.
I must have been a victim of my peers.
One is for my happiness,
The other for my health.
The last is something bigger than myself.

I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one.
I ain't the only one to say.

I'm talkin' to myself again,
I'll just start a fight.
When nobody can prove me wrong, I'm right.
Anti-hero idol
With a suicide excuse.
A thousand other suckers will try and fill your shoes.

I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one.
I ain't the only one to say.

Little pictures in my head,
Are turnin' inside out again.
This fuckin' up takes practice,
I feel I'm well rehearsed.
Because the past is a bully,
And the futures even worse.
You tell me what you fear,
'Cuz I can feel it like a curse.

I used to be a folk singer, now you're just a joke singer.
Ain't no smokin' dope singer, swingin from a rope singer.

I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one.
I ain't the only one to say.



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    ::is in shock::

    No one has commented yet!! Good tune. Quite different from the rest of their stuff. I love the part where it slows down...and there's snapping...and then...

    "Little pictures in my head, are turnin' inside out again. Cause fuckin' up takes practice, I feel I'm well rehearsed. Because the past is a bully, and the futures even worse. You tell me what you fear, 'Cuz I can feel it like a curse. You used to be a folk singer, now you're just a joke singer. Ain't no smokin' dope singer, swingin from a rope singer."

    ..::UnKnownFace::..on July 06, 2003   Link

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