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The thorn in my side is gone
It was too sharp for the laws of the world
Like my need for you, i know
It doesn't register on the scale of the world
When they talk about strength they usually mean
The way that blood sticks to the hand
When they talk about strength i know
They don't mean a touch that only love understands

And i'll never leave you
I'll never leave you
Love never lies
I swear you could see me
I swear you could see me
If you could open your eyes

There's a beast in the trees
As old as some dog in my heart
Step by step
I begged it to leave me with something
'cause my fear was like a wind
Tearing the song from my breath

And i'll never leave you
I'll never leave you
Love never lies
I swear you could see me
I swear you could see me
If you could open your eyes

The world hides like a smile behind your hand
I became hard and cold, your smile became quicksand
I don't know what city i'm dialing your number from
I don't know if you'll be there or if i'll ever get home

I just took my two sleeping pills
Now i'm like a bridegroom standing at the altar

I'm not innocent but i'm bled dry
And i'm stuck wide awake with no dreams in my eyes
Do your worst
I'm sure that it couldn't even scratch the crust
Of a case study of a life without trust

I just took my two sleeping pills
Now i'm a like bridegroom standing at the altar
Waiting to embrace my new life
With all the love in my heart
Waiting like a bridegroom standing at the altar

And everyday i meet more people that i'll forget
And everyday i become more like someone
That you should forget

I just took my two sleeping pills
Now i'm like a bridegroom standing at the altar
Waiting for you to slip your ring around my finger

In the local underground music scene

In my role as the most hated singer
In the local underground music scene
I've met a lot of well-dressed cowards
Who were never afraid of anything

I used to hang on each and every word
But now it just seems like a waste of time
You can say anything you want now baby
Just as long as you don't try and waste my time

Oh god i loved you
I should've killed you when i had the chance

Now you say that in my sight you love me
But at the time it was kind of hard to tell
I feel like i've been wrung dry baby
It's too late, why don't you just go to hell

Oh god i loved you
I should've killed you when i had the chance

In my role as the most hated singer
In the local underground music scene
All i got was to find your fingerprints
Over everything i've loved and everything i've been

Oh god i loved you
I should've killed you when i had the chance
I cut you up and i'll stick the knife in
I swear you still won't feel a thing

Once upon a time me and vudi met
A major american rock star in a shop
We were immediately jealous of his hair
And his fuel-injected sports cock

He made the usual stupid sexual jokes
About the way he comes on top
But i could tell it was a lie
By the way that he walked

How did you pass the presiden'ts test
Even if i can't match your ability to compete
At least give me a chance to cheat

He said, "are you losers making fun
Of our serious vocation?
You just gotta bring the music to the people man
And then go score a hole in one."

The pleasures of a treadmill and the factory
Took all the innocence from his eyes
Leaving him to spurt unashamed
By the size of his dull suprise

How did you pass the presiden'ts test
I never felt honest telling those virutous lies
And my toupee always gets into my eyes

How do you pass the president's test
I don't even want to know my score
I don't know who's telling me the truth anymore

I said, "the only thing that we're good for
Is being forgotten."
And i know you're big enough of a star
To make sure that the job gets done

How do you pass the president's test
I swear one day they'll build a monument
To the man with the most reasons for his embarassment

How do you pass the president's test
No i don't even want to know my score
I don't know who's telling me the truth anymore

Did you see me in your shifting curtain
I was busy taking a furtive peek inside
At the lovely lights of your unprotected city
At your lovely freeways burning with innocence
At your lovely chain stores levelling horizons like a-bombs
At your run-down streets' long abandon
By the few that claim that they saw me
By the few they claim their eyes were opened

No close friends
No close friends
No close friends
And i swear no one saw me
The boy scout badge i got for not feeling a thing
My golden future with its wild cherry flavored hole
My yellow ribbon, my yellow streak
My big stick
My big time with the pony's oldest trick
Won't keep the grains of my soul
From passing through the safe
Won't keep me begging for something
I know you'll never give
And anyway, i'm probably just gonna steal
I guess i might be okay if all i wanted was a thrill

No close friends
No close friends
No close friends
Yeah, i might be okay if all i wanted was a thrill

I saw a light in your shifting curtain
I saw you tighten up the drama
Your fate, it'd get away
I watched with pain
I watched with lust
Your lousy acting, you're a cloud of dust
And whenever you speak, oh it's so wet down at sea
Saying eventually you're gonna have to give up

No close friends
No close friends
No close friends
Yeah i swear i will never give up