I’ll just walk it all off
On an overcast Saturday
I’m just not feeling right and my body is knotted in anxiety
What did you expect?
What did you expect?
What did you expect?
I’ll just write it all off
Like an overblown argument
You have point I have mine,
And we’ll sharpen them and joust from time to time
For no less stupid prize
Than who gets to say the dramatic exit line
What did you expect?
And my, what a trip it was to gaze amidst vain reflection and dirty haze
Where we both stood what we both truly felt and kissed beneath our feet
Well I found it out the hard way
Without my glasses on
Well I stumbled through this the hard way without my sight
I like what we had – imagine that
I like what it could have been
If I scrunched up my eyes in my mind,
I could see the sharper image of the fuzzy outline
Of that thing we shared
You wouldn’t let me name it
Hush dear, we’re just friends
You said as you stroked my hair and I rested in your arms
And my, what a trip it was to gaze amidst vain reflection and dirty haze
Where we both stood and what we both truly felt and kissed beneath our feet
Well I learned it all the hard way without my glasses on
Well I stumbled through this the hard way without my sight
Then there was the day you revealed how black it was
The veil that separated the habits of your life from your naive adoring one
All your professed loyalty you used up on others besides me
What did I expect?
Oh my, what a trip it was to gauge amidst vain reflections and dirty haze
Where we both stood, what we both truly felt and kissed beneath our feet
My, what a trip it was to gauge amidst vain reflections and dirty haze
Where we both stood, what we both truly felt and kissed beneath our feet
My, what a trip it was to gauge amidst vain reflections and dirty haze
And smoke and mirrors and all that funhouse shit I cannot see
The forest for the trees to see
What we both truly felt and kissed beneath our feet
Oh I found it out the hard way without my glasses on
Oh I learned it all the hard way without my sight
Oh I stumbled through this the hard way and scraped my knee
Yes I learned it all the hard way –
From Lost Night: Live at the Bitter End, copyright © 2021 Rachel Zylstra.
Music & Lyrics by Rachel Zylstra. All rights reserved.