No Stranger Lyrics

I'm a peculiar optimist

That the universe keeps trying to change

And I know my faith is long

Or my memory is short

Why can't weeds be beautiful

Why can't roses survive a hurricane

Well this mission is destined to fail and it's time to abort

Because I'm no stranger

To wasting my own time

It's mine and it's not yours

No stranger to tasting my own lies

And my tongue feels so coarse

And I'm no stranger to strangers

I say hi, you walk by, I'm clinically insane

But I'm holding the door for you

And you hold the pain

I practice conversations in the mirror

And I laugh at what I must look like to you

But when you're there I just stare

and I get these words all wrong

Fumble around on an out of tune guitar

Making the most out of every mistake

And at the end of it all at least I'll have me a joke or a song

Because I'm no stranger

To wasting my own time

It's mine and it's not yours

No stranger to tasting my own lies

And my tongue feels so coarse

And I'm no stranger to strangers

I say hi, you walk by, I'm clinically insane

But I'm holding the door for you

And you hold the pain

I don't pretend to have it together

And I don't keep it from falling apart

But I don't go out of my way to turn it all into a mess

I'm not one to dance around the fire

But I don't stand right in the middle of it either

I walk right through; how I survive is anybody's guess

But I'm no stranger

To wasting my own time

It's mine and it's not yours

No stranger to tasting my own lies

And my tongue feels so coarse

And I'm no stranger to strangers

I say hi, you walk by, I'm clinically insane

But I'm holding the door for you

And you hold the pain

But I'm no stranger

To wasting my own time

It's fine cos it's mine and it's not yours

and I'm no stranger to tasting my own lies

It's sweet and my tongue feels so coarse

And I'm no stranger to strangers

I say hi, you walk by, but I'm the one who's clinically insane

But I'm holding the door for you