Under What Was Oppression - Bonnie "Prince" Billy

You do not have to be ignorant

For me to get on with you

Rather you do

If anything is to shine through

Brainless to me is broad

And bold in most ways

Playful when scowling

Your manner betrays you

Before you wake up

I am making my living

Breathing cursing

Misbehaving

God has given me no gift

To speak honestly to myself

Or to decide strongly

In another’s company

Tonight I think of her

When where she is was said

To be a possible place

Some friends of mine would head to

Before you wake up

I am making my living

Breathing cursing

Misbehaving

I cannot decide

Work will do it for me

And I will not know yet

If she chooses to ignore me