Paperweights

Lyrics

[Verse 1: John Schmersal] Some expired emergency The pleas broke off with another cough But isn't-isn't just the worse we're told or Wickedness starts by remote control oh-oh-oh A penny lost for your thoughts A penny crushed in the steel wheel But get it right The helpless sound of all that matters Arrested in such fabled pains Habits form in such a helpless shield from Greater force that will not yield oh-oh-oh [Chorus: John Schmersal & Toko Yatsuda] You kicked the dog And then didn't think it'd bite You'd keep it wrong And you'd never make it right You bid the world on an auction you won't buy And everyone thinks the talent's better [Verse 2: John Schmersal] Help this sound of all this matter Amend this cult of fatal fates Is any interest in the words unspoken Buried in thoughts under paperweights? Oh-oh-oh Ten gallons in a hat you stole Isn't this chugging two lumps of coal? As the goals don't resonate Ingenuity's wasting, innovating [Pre-Chorus: John Schmersal & Toko Yatsuda] A wad of gum that you planted in the cracks Give to the world and it never paid you back You're just a runner in a race that made you black And everyone thinks the talent's better [Chorus: John Schmersal & Toko Yatsuda] You kicked the dog And then didn't think it'd bite You'd keep it wrong And you'd never make it right You're just a runner in the race that made you black And everyone thinks the talent's better You bid the world on an auction you won't buy And everyone thinks the talent's better