Slight  Figure  Of  Speech  -  The  Avett  Brothers

  They  say  you've  got  to  lose  a  couple  fights  to  win

    It's  hard  to  tell  from  where  I'm  sitting

    They  say  that  this  is  where  the  fun  begins

  I  guess  it's  time  that  I  was  quitting

    A  slight  figure  of  speech

    I  cut  my  chest  wide  open

    They  come  and  watch  us  bleed

    Is  it  art  like  I  was  hoping  now?

  They  said  "I  hope  that  you  will  never  change"

  I  went  and  cut  my  hair

  They  say  "Don't  take  your  business  to  the  big  time"

  I  bought  us  tickets  there

    A  slight  figure  of  speech

    I  cut  my  chest  wide  open

    They  come  and  watch  us  bleed

    Is  it  art  like  I  was  hoping  now?

    What  did  you  expect

  And  what  did  you  forget

  That  to  live  you  let  go  of  me  with  each  step

  becomes  a  progressionIt  

  I  won't  let  regret  manifest

  To  aggression

  Are  you  to  assess  what  I've  been?

  What  I  am?  Or  become?

  Did  you  stop  to  accept  how  pathetically  dumb

  It  can  be  to

  Attack  those  around  'cause  you're

  True  to  color,  a  town,  a  time,  or  a  place?

  It's  not  you,  it's  not  mine

  And  besides  it  is  gone

  And  you  never  will  find  it  again

  But  I  don't  want  to  fight

  I  just  ask  let  me  be

  I  won't  give  the  chance  to  be  my  enemy

  So  go  home

  Think  it  through

  A  jet  plane  and  a  big  idea

  I  jump  over  the  sea

    What  ifs  hot  on  my  trail

  But  that  can't  catch  me,  no

    A  slight  figure  of  speech

    I  cut  my  chest  wide  open

    They  come  and  watch  us  bleed

    Is  it  art  like  I  was  hoping  now?