While We're Up - Derailed lyrics

rate me

In self pity I have found a sweet soft hurt

And blurred the lines between alright and hateful words

So come one all you so-called friends and give it to me straight

Just pump me full of numb until my eyes dilate

I'm not happy no, but I'm fine

I've left myself a little broken up in an attempt to get by

I'm not happy no, but I'm fine

Lower the shoulder and push on forward

And hope that this will all work out

In retrospect I find it funny how I can't recall

The last time I laughed at something that was funny at all

Now something's got to give and the only one who is

Is me so you see

If I said I was happy then I lied

It's a war from day to day and the nurses strike without their pay

So I'm content to settle on being small and not so nice

If I could get the point across that I am flailing and imprecise

I cannot do happy but I can fake my way through fine

Won't someone please just open up their eyes