Stan Ridgway - Right through you lyrics

rate me

Look them in the eye

To show them you're brave

But no one but me

Knows you're just a slave

To this part in the play

You never mean what you say

You come on so strong

You run with the hunt

Don't know what's behind you

Don't show what's in front2

Sometimes you do it to show

To someone you don't know

Like a bird on a limb

Starin' down at its toes

No song he could sing

No his voice––it just froze

And the fear that you keep

Is bottled up there inside

Chorus:

And I see right through you

Right on through

But I know you see right through me too

You put on a good show

Act so in control

But you're laughin' too loud

At a joke no one told

You're not what you appear

You're just a ghost in the mirror

Sometimes what you say––

Yeah, you do for effect

You wanna show someone power

You wanna get some respect

But most times you don't know

Nothin' about it all

Chorus repeat

I'm chippin' the rock

But it's dark in the mine

Don't look away now

You drive me outta my mind

But I try to act sure

I try to endure

The things that I wanted

So much outta you

A feelin' to share

A love that was true

Or maybe I just made it up

Chorus repeat x2