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Essay on Crying in Public

from "Save Me From My Friends​!​" EP by The Great Indoors

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lyrics

This is for a cheating motherfucker

I'm bent over the sidewalk weeping outside the theatre
You stand above me: horse built from a father's beer cans
And it's my fault; it always is

You said "do what you what you will" and your will was done
So what? I was born drunk and mean with my teeth knocked out
So what? I was born crying but I've been going strong ever since

That other man has a name
I hate that

He has a mouth and I fixed gear bike and HIV
And you sat on his bed waiting for him to say anything
That you're pretty or you're nice or have nice sneakers

And when you did you leaped into his body
And stayed there for a while
Maybe brushed your teeth
Ate a spoiled piece of fruit

And then you came back to me with your house keys out
The ones I had cut for you
You said you couldn't stop thinking of me
How he tasted too sweat
Cut flowers in chemical powder and candy souring in heat... heat... heat

How glad you are to live here
Where everything feels safe, basic, real estate

My chest: a thin sheet of latex
My bed: a coffin for you to store your futures in

And how bad does the news have to be
Before you get to shoot the messenger?
How do you bury the hatchet?
It always ends up in my back
When you tell me he
Empties you like an animal hide

I'm fine

Until I'm inconsolable
In public in public
Everyone is crying
And I don't know why
I'm crying either

Maybe its because
We're going to see a play where everybody dies
Maybe I can't be to look at you covered in mouths
Maybe it's the sidewalk pulling salt out of my head
Maybe I can't bare to look at you now without seeing you dead

credits

from "Save Me From My Friends​!​" EP, released September 16, 2016
Words - Sam Sax
Lead Vocal, Rhythm Guitar - Callum Friend
Backing Vocals - Charlotte Arch
Lead Guitar - Jack Valla
Bass Guitar - Manny Mansfield
Drums - Wilson Delaney
Production - Maxim Vuolo

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