Fed And Watered

(album: Memories & Dust - 2007)

There was a wait in the water
A weight in the air
If I'd waited any longer an additional fare
And they can keep you around like a head on a stake
I guess the industry found a use for my name sake

I built my callouses up
From fooling on the guitar
I keep them hard in the midst of what seems soft and bizarre
And ephemeral notions like a song are a curse
Offering a return but making me feel worse

If you want to quit, you should quit like a winner
Cut your losses and extricate yourself from the bidding
And tell your friends that you could've if you'd wanted to
And tell yourself that it's strong to make a hard call

And when the others are all fed and watered
You're still betting and cheering her on
By then I'll bet you'll be gone

So I sit in the meantime and sharpen my teeth
And encode all the bitterness I choose to bequeath
But if 1 = C then your A = 3 but the encryption just adds to the mendacity

Now I'm on top of the water
Still suppressed by the air
I earn my wage on a track that's almost totally bare
Of the things I expected when I first got the itch
I'd turn it off if only there existed a switch

And if you want to quit, you should quit like a winner
Cut your losses and extricate yourself from the bidding
And tell your friends that you could've if you'd wanted to
And tell yourself that it's strong to make a hard call

And if you wanna try you should try like a loser
Who keeps on betting their life on a slow horse
And every year well she gets a little more tired
You're still betting, cheering her on
By then I'll bet you'll be gone

Sometimes I get to a point where little problems seem too big for me
And then I let them unravel like a line in the ocean sinking down into the density
And when the pressure becomes the same amount as what's inside of me
Well I can sink and explode or hold my breath until I float
I gamble on my own biology
The barnacles on the ladder bleed my feet while they set a good
Example in tenacity

And if you want to quit, you should quit like a winner
Cut your losses and extricate yourself from the bidding
And tell your friends that you could've if you'd wanted to
And tell yourself that it's strong to make a hard call

And if you wanna try you should try like a loser
Who keeps on betting their life on a slow horse
And every year well she gets a little more tired
You're still betting, cheering her on

And when the others are all fed and watered
You're still betting and cheering her on
Yeah, you're still betting and cheering her on
By then I'll bet you'll be gone
By then I'll bet you'll be gone
By then I'll bet you'll be gone
By then I'll bet you'll be gone