Name: Hide Your Sympathy (I'm Looking For It)
Duration: P00H03M16S
Description: A song about Edinburgh and depression. Inspired heavily by The Weakerthans' Left and Leaving.

Hide Your Sympathy (I'm Looking For It)

from As The Crow Flies by Auntie Establishment

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A song about Edinburgh and depression. Inspired heavily by The Weakerthans' Left and Leaving.

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The city's heart beats,
it's definitely breathing
but I don't know if I am
it's sub zero, but I can't
see anything leave me
except excuses

how long has it taken to revert
to this imitation of a man?
cold sweats and comedowns
blood trickling from my palms

hide your sympathy
I'm looking for it
I don't deserve any
I brought it on myself

I can't separate
a memory from a dream
that terrifies me
cos what that means
is all I've got is now
and all I've got is nothing

how long has it taken to revert
to this imitation of a man?
cold sweats and blackouts
blood trickling from my palms

have I fought
a losing fight
to change what I know?
well I thought
the future might
see me coming home
but still I cannot recognise
the gradual rise and sharp decline
as change exmplefied
in this last bottle
of overpriced wine

hide your sympathy
I'm looking for it
I don't deserve any
I brought it on myself

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from As The Crow Flies, released December 30, 2014

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