Somewhere In Between Good and Evil (Song A Day #1382)
53I'm going through some stuff right now; you may have noticed my songs getting darker than they've ever been. We'll talk about it soon...but not yet. In the meantime, enjoy these sad, sorta desperately scared songs that I'm writing! Hooray!
I kind of like writing this kind of song though. I feel like it strikes a good balance between funny and dark. Moving and silly.
I do feel disconnected from people sometimes, even when they're all around me. I suppose that's a very common feeling; I think it's a natural way to feel. I'm not upset about it, exactly. More, just...uneasy. The nice thing about feeling disconnected is that you know that somewhere, sometime, you'll feel connected again, and you wouldn't know that that's special had you not felt the disconnection. Am I making any sense? Anyway. Enjoy. ;-)
Somewhere In Between Good and Evil
Song A Day #1382
D G
The whole world is on one side
D G
And I am on the other
D G
I can try to get on the inside
Em A
But sometimes it's like: Why bother
And if I were a cannibal
I'd eat your brain and know you
I'd eat your heart and feel you
Then I'd shit you out and grow you
Fertilizing kale and carrots
With your blood for salad dressing
Wine that's flavored with our tears
From the months we've spent obsessing
D G
And I could use my powers for evil
D A
And I could use my powers for good
Bm
But the message I'm receiving
A
Is from somewhere in between them
G
And it's a long hard road
F#7
That I've laid out here before me
Bm
And if I'm being tested
A
At least let me sleep till morning
Cause I am not a cannibal
I'm not a ruthless psychopath
I'm just a slightly insecure
Songwriter jew who's bad at math
And the whole world is on one side
Even when I am surrounded
By people that respect me
The problem can be compounded
And if I were a soldier
I could grin and bear it
Thank you sir may I have another
Allegiance I would swear it
I'd march until the blisters
On my feet had their own blisters
I would follow orders
Killing mothers brothers sisters
And I could use my powers for evil
And I could use my powers for good
But the message I'm receiving
Is from somewhere in between them
And it's a long hard road
That I've laid out here before me
And if I'm being tested
At least let me sleep till morning
Cause I am not a soldier
I can't follow orders, oh no
I'm just a shlubby 30 year old
White male from the internet peep show
The whole world is on one side
With their genitals in their hands
Making funny faces
Doing some kind of weird dance
And how I want to join them
But I don't know the steps
No jig left in my body
No words upon my lips
If I could see the future
Like I see the past
I'd take all this discomfort
And kick it's stupid ass
And I could use my powers for evil
And I could use my powers for good
But the message I'm receiving
Is from somewhere in between them
And it's a long hard road
That I've laid out here before me
And if I'm being tested
At least let me sleep till morning
Cause I'm not like you
You're not like me, i swear
And I try to hold on to that
But it's hard sometimes to bear
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