It Only Fails Lyrics

I am the thorn pulled from the side of those who burn their eyes staring into the sun

The star positioned to guide us home to peace of mind, sleep at night

Abandoned, the sick child in the woods to be raised by the lost

My lack of faith draws beady eyes, dismaying tongue

Promised expulsion if I had not already removed myself

These synapses do not fire when A is me and B a puppet grab bag

Strings pulled behind curtains around necks

My mind may be sick, but it's in my blood

It will not work

Therefore it cannot matter

Yet here I am, the unwilling fool, silent dunce, the problem

So here's an idea

Let's tear this thing in two

Rip out its insides

Put it back together and ask it to function

And when it only fails, let us maintain hope

It does not take a pound of knowledge

Only an ounce of sense among many