Weakerthans The Aside Lyrics

Aside Lyrics

Measure me in metered lines
And one decisive stare
The time it takes to
get from here to there
My ribs that show through t-shirts
And these shoes
I got for free
I'm unconsoled
I'm lonely
I am so much better than I
used to be
Terrified of telephones
And shopping malls and
knives
Drowning in the pools of other lives
Rely a bit too heavily
On
alcohol and irony
Get clobbered on by courtesy
And love with love and
lousy poetry
And I'm leaning on this broken fence
Between past and
present tense
And I'm losing all those stupid games
That I swore I'd
never play
But it almost feels okay
Circumnavigate this body
Of wonder
and uncertainty
Armed with every precious failure
And amature
cartography
I'm breathing deep before
I spread those maps out on my
bedroom floor
And I'm leaning on this broken fence
Between past and
present tense
And I'm losing all those stupid games
That I swore I'd
never play
But it feels okay
And I'm leaving with goodbye
And I'm
losing but I'll try
With the last ways left
To remember sing
My
imperfect offering