Long Way Down

from Scoundrels by The Fifths

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lately i've been thinking about the way things used to be
it stands to reason, being here has that effect on me
i counted my blessings on my fingers yesterday
spent some time just shining diamonds
and i guess i pissed the rest away

and i used to live like i was never gonna die
somewhere along the line i got convinced
the rules did not apply
i should've never listened to the things that i was told
but a younger man don't understand
the underhanded game of growing old
(you think you do, but you don't)

so i can't help it if my words are misconstrued
when taken out of context of the circumstance i'm subject to
but if you insist, i guess there's not much i can say
so bust me all to bits, i'm not convinced it matters anyway

and i really do believe that i'm impossible to love
i guess i'll spare you the examples i been thinking of
if you don't believe me i assure you it's a fact
don't you give your heart to me 'cause it'll kill me when you take it back
(and you will take it back)
--
[Chorus]
don't look now
but it's a long way down
don't look now
such a long way down
--
my body's done some things of which my mind did not approve
and made me stop and wonder if my heart was even in the room
from my perspective it's impossible to see
if i did this to myself or if somebody else did this to me
--
[Chorus]

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from Scoundrels, released June 23, 2013

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