I Was Never Kinder to the Old Man Lyrics

Tail between my legs

Feel the roots in my teeth

I am leaving in fits

I am sectioned off

And these knots in my back

Weave a pattern of mistake

Pleiades falls, and I'm not ready at all

There's a fever in the order

Why can't anything be plain?

Always curtains always veils

I don't want to shed a layer

I want to shed this skin

Listen closely

There's a heartbeat

Buried deep within these walls

Oh it's a plague

In the midst of

All our carrying on

When the dark disappears

Will that light bathe my face?

Or will the dark reappear

And remind me of this waste?

There's a fever in the order

Why can't anything be plain?

Always curtains always veils

I don't want to shed a layer

I want to shed this skin

Listen closely

There's a heartbeat

Buried deep within these walls

Oh it's a plague

In the midst of

All our carrying on

I'm just nervous, I'm not mad

This isn't the first time

I've found a knife in my hand

But I'm not so elegant for floorboards

I sit so nominal

Through the chatter I grin and smirk

I masquerade and seek the face

No care, no blame, just a robe and fame

Some must suffer so we can play the game

I'm just nervous, not so mad this time

No care, no blame, just a robe and fame