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

 Its 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, I 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, Ill never know why

 I failed and I don't know why

 I tried to gain the advantage over you

 Its 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

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