We both buried our secrets in each other’s bodies
Not obsessed with the company just thrilled not to be
Alone…for once.
And I could taste the bleach in between your teeth
As if I were getting any cleaner
Underneath the bleachers
Where my honor
Sunk beneath hers.
I hate everyone on the face of the earth
But I hate myself the worst
Against everyone
Against everything
Up against a world that’s up against me.
Against everyone
Against everything
Up against a world that’s up against me.
Scream into the wind just to hear my words spit in my face
I only listen to myself anyways let’s face it.
I designed my life as a fortress so nobody gets in.
I’m just going through the motions pretending I’m not sick.
I’m not sick.
I’m not sick.
I’m not sick.
I hate everyone on the face of the earth
But I hate myself the worst
Against everyone
Against everything
Up against a world that’s up against me.
Against everyone
Against everything
Up against a world that’s up against me.
For years I have been fighting against the things I actually want
And I think it’s time to start giving in.
So bang your head to the sound of giving in
And hang your head from shoulders that have had enough of it
So bang your head to the sound of giving in
And hang your head from shoulders that have had enough of it
I’ve had enough of it
I hate everyone on the face of the earth
But I hate myself the worst
Against everyone
Against everything
Up against a world that’s up against me.
Against everyone
Against everything
Up against a world that’s up against me.
Half of my life was spent
Fearing that the sun would set
And now that it has
I haven’t learned my lesson
‘Cause I spend every waking second
Obsessed if it will rise again.
credits
from As Ruffians Become Hounds,
released May 6, 2016
Recorded by Aaron Bradley and Mick Maslowski
Mixed and Mastered by Jay Maas
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