Ocular Pat Down

(album: Piecing It Together - 2021)

You've got me on pins and needles
There's something about your voice that hurts
It's worse than standing in a flame
I wince when you call out my name
I swear you are the worst

And you're so loud
And so proud
To stay faking your way
You sink down
So low brow
To hate on everything I hate to say
You can't find it in yourself
To cheer for someone else
You just lie to give yourself
A better hand than you were dealt
So loud
And so proud
To fake
Everything

I've witnessed your true intentions
I'm seeing through your lies
All the cracks in your disguise
I've listened to others mention
How it's hard to trust your words
It's absurd, the amount of ways you can twist a phrase to work
It brings a maze to mind, the way you help yourself
To feel so far above
I think it's time you come back down
Come falling back to Earth

'Cause you're so loud
And so proud
To keep faking your way
You sank down
So low now
To hate on everything I hate to say
You can't find it in yourself
To cheer for someone else
You just try to give yourself
A way to feel but you can't tell
You're so loud
And so proud
To waste
Everything

And I'm so proud
To show how you're fake
Hope you know now
And learn how to change