Weakerthans Aside Lyrics

Aside Lyrics

Measure me in metered lines, in 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 mall, and knives, and

drowning in the pools of other lives. Rely a bit to heavily on

alcohol and irony. Get clobbered on by courtesy, in love with

love, and lousy poetry. 



And I'm leaning on a 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 previous failure, and amateur cartography, I 

breathe in deep before I spread those maps out on my bedroom floor. 



And I'm leaning on a 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. 



And I'm leaving. Wave goodbye Losing, but I'll try, 

with the last ways left, to remember. Sing my imperfect