He certainly did earn that reputation.
Excuse Me,
I'd Like to Introduce Me.
Explain Me,
The Best That I Can.
I'm Makeless,
Like Crossing Lines Off A List.
A Line Marked Out,
Means I am Closer to Complete.
I'm Quite Quite Unrare at Nights,
My Mouth Tightens Up.
I Don't Like Small Words,
With People Who Are Dressed Up.
I'm Always Cold,
My Blood Strolls Through me Slow
Leaving,
Limbs to Fend For Themselves.
My Head Hurts,
Sometimes Don't Know Why It Hurts.
But When It Does,
Its the Only Time I Take A Drug.
I Have A Brother Whose A Drunk For 12 Years, He's Blacked out,
Too Much to Clean Up.
My Father,
We Don't Talk.
Or When He Calls,
I Hang Up.
My Other Brother's Got A Baby,
Who I've Seen Once.
I'm Not Even Sure Where He Lives.
Its Hard For People To Get Close To Me When I'm So Distant.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.................
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.................
Excuse Me,
I'd Like To Introduce Me.
Explain Me,
Explain Me.
(Rewind)BaBaBaBaBaBa
Bought A House,
And I Live With My Love.
She Left Her City,
To be Wiht Me.
I'm Gone,
All The Time.
And She Is Thinking,
Pretty Hard About Leaving Me.
I'd Like to Introduce Me.
Explain Me,
The Best That I Can.
I'm Makeless,
Like Crossing Lines Off A List.
A Line Marked Out,
Means I am Closer to Complete.
I'm Quite Quite Unrare at Nights,
My Mouth Tightens Up.
I Don't Like Small Words,
With People Who Are Dressed Up.
I'm Always Cold,
My Blood Strolls Through me Slow
Leaving,
Limbs to Fend For Themselves.
My Head Hurts,
Sometimes Don't Know Why It Hurts.
But When It Does,
Its the Only Time I Take A Drug.
I Have A Brother Whose A Drunk For 12 Years, He's Blacked out,
Too Much to Clean Up.
My Father,
We Don't Talk.
Or When He Calls,
I Hang Up.
My Other Brother's Got A Baby,
Who I've Seen Once.
I'm Not Even Sure Where He Lives.
Its Hard For People To Get Close To Me When I'm So Distant.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.................
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.................
Excuse Me,
I'd Like To Introduce Me.
Explain Me,
Explain Me.
(Rewind)BaBaBaBaBaBa
Bought A House,
And I Live With My Love.
She Left Her City,
To be Wiht Me.
I'm Gone,
All The Time.
And She Is Thinking,
Pretty Hard About Leaving Me.
Lyrics submitted by TheReasonableMan
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