Mea Culpa - The Human Abstract

We shared a common trade of reasoning out the years

Of failed affections and faces to forget

You should have told me

That the ties that made it all worth the while

Were quickly becoming a race to the blame

I tried to gain the advantage over you

It’s plain to see there’s nothing I could do or say

I tried to gain the advantage over you

A sad parade with nothing left to lose or gain

I could feel it coming

Like a train wreck, rumbling off the tracks

With every ounce of strength

I strained to pay back that dirty money

And the fortune abstract, but there’s no feeling left intact

For the victim is now a god

Doling out judgment, strike with divining rod

I don’t want to get involved, looks like

You’re doing fine

But when I

Lay up at night

Can feel your eyes

And I

Can see your eyes

And I

Go rushing in to a world inside

Where there’s none in between, and nothing can be denied

Struck down and stripped of pride

That I

Could forgive you for once in our lives

But I

Failed, and I

Don’t know why

I’ll

Never know why

Failed and I

Don’t know why

I tried to gain the advantage over you

It’s plain to see there’s nothing I could do or say

I tried to gain the advantage over you

A sad parade with nothing left to lose or gain