Matthew Good Band 99% Of Us Is Failure Lyrics

99% Of Us Is Failure Lyrics

I know that it's bad

That it's the kind that they can't operate on

And I know it's real slow, honey

Painful and real slow

Styrofoam
coffee cups

And bagged drugs that never work enough

And I know its
real slow, honey

Painful and real slow



When we were
young

And hit like hammers

I'd write the nails in your hands

But when 99% of us is failure

There's no going back



And I
know its real slow, honey

Painful and real slow



Blackbird
come the break of dawn

The TV's on, I turn it off

Walk outside, get
in the car

Stare at the wheel then fall apart



I get it all
the time

Bright eyes to bat and hide behind

But I know they're just
for show, honey

Painful and just for show

Black rooms to babysit

White halls to pace and wait for it

And I know it's too slow, honey

Painful and real slow



When we were young

And hit like
hammers

I'd write the nails in your hands

When 99% of us is
failure

There's no coming back



And I know its real slow,
honey

Painful and real slow



Blackbird come the break of
day

You swallow the shit that people say

Walk outside look at the
sky

Ask it to fall or tell you why