another track from the unfinished rock debate between matt reed and i.
lyrics
i am what you made me. the way that i am is the way that you made me
completely because of the way that you are.
it's never been easy, but never been easier. never been easy,
but never you mind that i'm going too far.
i know you don't care. i don't mind. i don't want to be there when you find,
i don't want you to find what you're leaving behind.
life is better by far. it's far better than life was before you believed
you'd be leaving a legacy greater than mine.
but the joke's on you, all on you.
joke's on you.
stole fire from the sun and you burnt me right there.
in time i was fine, so no worse for the wear.
but never forget someone gives what you get
and it's starting to add up to something obscene.
from the smell of your waste you could say i've developed the taste
for the dirty, the rotten, the stolen, the fat, and the lean.
but the joke's on you...
credits
from a postcard from pa,
released March 11, 2010
eric hess-upright bass, david perry-drums, jerome wincek-everything else
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