Things You Know Lyrics

Lyric discussion by -Firefly- 

Cover art for Things You Know lyrics by Conor Oberst

The lyrics are actually a bit messed up which destroys the meaning at some points. I think the correct words should go like this:

Still and quiet on my bed And fighting wars inside my head While counting footprints on the ceiling Blank and colorless tapestries The voices yell inside of me And I knew then the paint was peeling

You say you know this misery Well that's no more than sympathy for me  Because this time you were faking Your motive very questioning This silence is so deafening now You see you've got me shaking Screaming, cursing, then you spit  And saying all your worthless shit And I, of course, I'm worth hearing And I don't know of what I sing But you, my friend, don't know anything  And that's what makes you not worth fearing

And I've been lying here for a while now Sitting and acting like a child And if you find my garden, could you bring it back? Because I've been lying here for a while now And I, I've been dying here for a while now And I, I've been dying for a while, for a while, for a while now

If your finger is an untamed beast Then I am just a centerpiece  On the table of your feelings A funny sort of an interlude It's just that helpless attitude of mine Because there's no footprints on your ceiling

And everything slips through my hand I'm sorry, I don't understand  The point I should be making Your selflessness I must have missed I never knew this emptiness  Like a child been forsaken 

That all the things you never take  The toys you purposely would break Like a gift not worth giving I know I just did hear and stare  Never thinking about how unfair it was  Like a life not worth living

And I've been lying here for a while now Sitting and acting like I was in exile But if you see my sister could you send her home? Because I've been dying here for a while now And I, I'll be dying here in a while now Dying for a while, for a while now I'm dying for a while, a while, a while now For a while, for a while now