Met him in the dark
Met him in a thick he said
loosen up your heart and make it whistle
oh tenderness
Well what am I to do
what am I to do
but start inking up my face
and make a title
of myself, ok
What am I to drink
what am I to do but drink
juices that have been
dripping out my sink, ok
A needle in the mass
a needle with the heat is that hot
can you poke it in the
heart so I know
Stones thrown how about I go home
Life sucks how about I give up
Tricky friends how about I hurt them
Thick lies how about my whole life
wishing bones
wet my dry tender eyes
drop my brow release crying
release my care lift my spine
think there was a message
something like a street cone
walking to my walking to my walking to my...
met him in the dark
met him in a thick he said loosen up loosen up loosen...
walking to my car I'm trying to think did I feel good by myself
loosen up my heart and make it whistle oh tenderness
must have been a moment
something that I read maybe
making me go smile when I heard
a whistle a-who-ooooh, ok
there's probably a man
maybe there's a slew of them
acting like they're paid to say
hide hide hide
it's waste of time
well what am I to do
what am I to do now that my walking
goes something like a dance move does
man does it move
stones thrown how about I go home
life sucks how about I give up
thick lies
how about my whole life
wishing bones
wet my dry tender eyes
drop my brow release my crying
release my care lift my spine
crack my stiff shivering thighs
take my thoughts relieve my mind
my pride hangs chapped all the time
so balm that chap all the time
my fly's open all the time
so swing it low swing it high
credits
from My Dove is a Whale,
released December 10, 2016
Written, recorded, produced by Colin O'Brien-Lux (goosehappen)
Mixed, co-produced by Jon O'Brien
Mastered by Carl Saff
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