Name: Misery
Duration: P00H02M38S
Description: "Come, be miserable with me." -friends

Misery

from Before the Bough Breaks by Jon Atkins

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"Come, be miserable with me." -friends

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I laid down my guns for you and set the clips on the desk,
I disarmed my home for you and let the kids take a rest,
There is no good excuse for how I choose to behave here,
No one gives a damn to lend a hand to self-indulgence,
I took pride in misery, her vague appeal appealed to me,
I got tired of no sleep, that’s when the air replied to me,
It said, terrible thoughts are going to curse this town,
Until the deed is done, my loveless son,
There is no good excuse for how I choose to behave here,
No one gives a damn to lend a hand to self-indulgence,
I walk down these streets again in secret hopes to meet some friends,
Because I laid down my guns for you and in return you set me loose.

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from Before the Bough Breaks, released July 3, 2010

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