Take It Or Leave It,
Call me arrogant
Because I felt like it.
I challenge you to love me with
the same kind of music.
You love me, you love me
And I'm devoted to the artform
More interested in praising
Than giving you the strong arm
I'm the hold steady
You're the rocking ship
I think the gods first named
you under the title:
Integrity is Bullshit
You're the wishy-washy
I'm the tub stopper
I've loved you more than
your poppy and your doting
grandmother
Test this devotion
Float some oil on this water
Check the temperature and
tell me if I'm ever tepid
fodder
I will provide you with none
Give you powdered flour for
your gun
Fill your bullets with sugar
And then you try to hurt someone
Try me, try to break down this
façade
The so-called wand that you
wield when you
called it a mirage
I know you fell for me,
And I know you remember
when you got up
Your knees were bruised from the impact
and your head was concussed
I couldn't have given you a
cushion if you'd stuffed me
with feathers
but I was gathering
affection
as you blew oxygen
on a fire that was a mere
apparition
I can't be blamed for a boat
when what you wanted was
a house
Mine was just as good
but you had to know I'd paddle
out
I loved you for the infinitesimal moment
that we had, but that passed
That doesn't mean it wasn't valid
Some things weren't meant to last
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