Wraparound Porch

from As Ruffians Become Hounds by Carved Out

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Basic conversations with neighbors about how I’m doing would put me in labor
Because I realized that I was ambivalently in favor of filling a crater
That was left by a life that hasn’t even met me yet
And it makes me upset.

Because all in all my life isn’t hard
Mom and Dad are forever together playing with our dog in the yard
And I felt like the world’s worst son
Not because of the things I had done but
Because I had these thoughts of greatness and wealth

And when I read through my life like a book on the shelf I am forced to realize
That all of this time it has been my constant lack of ambition
That has kept me idling by

And I’ve since let them know of my love for our home
And I’m constantly told that my dreams will come soon
And my vision and my hope are things that are actually worth holding on to.

The only way inside of my head
To see what I’m about is for me to pull my teeth out.
But when I scream all the filth and the rot
Get trapped in my stomach it’s another lesson taught.
But pulling teeth ain’t easy for me
Not the pain but the fear of what you would see

This is the taste I’ve had on my tongue all along
This is the part of my heart I’ve hid from everyone
And even now that I’m confessing it
I can’t help but feel distant.

And as I saw myself in the reflection of those metal bleachers I realized
That you either live in a hate of the world or in a world of hate
And as far as choosing paths goes I’ve never been great
So I made a choice that day to go my own way.
See the world is already at war with itself
So who am I to help

And I figure there’s so much hate inside of it
I’m probably just better off absorbing it my self.

I will be your scapegoat
I will be your hound
That you keep on your wraparound porch
And beat when you’re feeling down
I will take it all
For strangers that I don’t know
And keep my chin up the whole time
So other people know there’s someone who has been where they are and survived.

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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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