White Flag - Pyrrhon

It’s amazing what you can give up

If you just want to survive

You’ll discard cherished convictions

And spread yourself wide for your ravagers

When they approach to defile you

Voyeurs hiding behind the skyline

Peer down at me, but I try to ignore them

They track me through the aisles larded with treasure

And mock me at night when I’m begging for silence

Don’t want to be held responsible

You can take whatever you want from me

Just make sure I don’t notice

You can take whatever you want from me

And the waltzes play on in halls of gold

While the misfortunates slop back and forth

Between the flophouses, clinics and prisons

Until their weight carves ruts in the earth

Don’t want to be held responsible

You can take whatever you want from me

Just make sure it doesn’t hurt

You can take whatever you want from me

This is the world we’ve made for ourselves

But our acid abstentions

Will dissolve the limestone beneath us

And when the sinkhole opens up

We won’t deserve to be pulled out

It’s amazing what you can give up