Throwaway lyrics

I remember giving up the gory details

And it left me tongue-tied,

Such an elementary sickness

Now I don't want to think and I don't want to feel

I wasn't aware this was part of the deal

When I put my finger on a greater expectation

But just my luck, I lack the patience of a statesman

And all of my language will fail to convey

That I'm terribly twisted around what I say

And the message that I threw away...

I don't have it now [x4]

So I get worried and it only grows to hurt me

But time is wasting and I'm watching it desert me

I'm digging a hole and I'm making it deep

And I'm starting to question the hours I keep

And the answer that I put to sleep...

I don't have it now [x4]

And so I'm writing with the hope that someone’s reading,

For all too likely runs the risk of me repeating

But I don't have the guts to prevent the decay

And I'm terribly twisted around what I say

And the courage that I threw away...

I don't have it now [x8]

• Artist:The Posies
• Album:Amazing Disgrace (1996)