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You Are Literally a Metaphor

from The Hard Part by Character Actors

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I’d stand up and sing, but who’d listen or care
lonely watching the shapes dance through a half-empty glass in a half-empty bar
Me and happy hour never find ourselves living up
to what we promised, when just a minute of distraction would be enough

From the thought that life is short
These long days are taking up too much of it
Tonight is no night to die
But today has grown too old for me to do anything but sit
And wait

But hey, what are you waiting for?
I wouldn't know what to tell you literally or in metaphor
But hey, what are you running from?
If I knew the answer to that my friend, I’d be good and gone

Treading water at the bottom of another disappointing pint
I used to find my answers there, now I only feel questions rise
It used to be so simple to shut them out, I used to just lose my mind
But now this weight has taken more than its fair share of my time

Yeah the thought that life is short
Makes me hate these long days for taking up so much of it
Tonight is no night to die
But today has grown too old for me to do anything but sit
And wait

I’ve heard your jokes before, the punchline is always the same
Your stories are all just variations on the same boring fucking theme
Nothing ever happens in the end, nothing ever happens in the end
Don’t let that happen to me, I’m sorry my friend
I just don’t know what I’m looking for
I don’t know what I’m hiding from
I guess if either of us knew the answer, we’d be good and gone
I'll know what I'm looking for when I find it, probably, won't I?

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from The Hard Part, released February 17, 2023

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Leeds' friendliest and handsomest British-Dutch-Seychellois punk rock band, formerly Free Dogs. New album, THE HARD PART, out now!

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