Avett Brothers, The - Slight Figure Of Speech lyrics

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They say you've got to lose a couple fights to win <br>It's hard to tell from where I'm sitting <br>They say that this is where the fun begins <br>I guess it's time that I was quitting <br> <br>A slight figure of speech <br>I cut my chest wide open <br>They come and watch us bleed <br>Is it art like I was hoping now? <br> <br>They said "I hope that you will never change" <br>I went and cut my hair <br>They say "Don't take your business to the big time" <br>I bought us tickets there <br> <br>A slight figure of speech <br>I cut my chest wide open <br>They come and watch us bleed <br>Is it art like I was hoping now? <br> <br>What did you expect <br>And what did you forget <br>That to live you let go of me with each step <br>It becomes a progression I won't let regret manifest <br>To aggression <br>Are you to assess what I've been? What I am? Or become? <br>Did you stop to accept how pathetically dumb <br>It can be to <br>Attack those around 'cause you're <br>True to color, a town, a time, or a place? <br>It's not you, it's not mine <br>And besides it is gone <br>And you never will find it again <br>But I don't want to fight <br>I just ask let me be <br>I won't give the chance to be my enemy <br>So go home <br>Think it through <br> <br>A jet plane and a big idea <br>I jump over the sea <br>What ifs hot on my trail <br>But that can't catch me, no <br> <br>A slight figure of speech <br>I cut my chest wide open <br>They come and watch us bleed <br>Is it art like I was hoping now?<br>