Uncomfortably Numb - American Football, Hayley Williams

Sensitivity deprived

I can’t feel a thing inside

I blamed my father in my youth

Now as a father, I blame the booze

I have become uncomfortably numb

Whose ugly side is the ugliest?

Sensitivity deprived

All my sympathy prescribed

Whose hands are tied to a contortionist?

I used to struggle in my youth

Now I’m used to struggling for two

I have become uncomfortably numb

The lessons

The lessons

Are so much

Are so much

Less obvious

The further you get from home

The further I get from home

How will you exist

How will I exist

Without consequence?

I’ll let you know

We were gentle to begin

When I pushed you around to break you in

Now whenever I try to be clear with you

I only end up feeling see-through

I’ve tried, but you’ve won

Comatose, like father like son

The lessons

The lessons

Are so much

Are so much

Less obvious

The further you get from home

The further I get from home

How will you exist

How will I exist?

I don’t want to know

Blacked out, redacted

I just want you home

I’ll make new friends in the ambulance