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Insipid Silence

from Playing with the Grotesques by Knees Tartare

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He was often searching for my eyes
I wondered when he would realize
that I wasn't looking at him
for a reason

And you can barely have a thought
when he really had you caught
and expected you to listen
just to please him

He didn't want to argue or agree
he simply wanted to talk towards me

because you can't talk to yourself
you need anybody else
anybody
anybody else

and I didn't want to give him that
not tonight not tonight
and I didn't want to give him that
not tonight not tonight

And there will be no polite laughter for you, my friend
and I know you'll keep going, but this blank face won't bend

But you can't even find silence around a guy like that
And I'll cave and I'll smile and I'll say something back
And he'll pause, out of either is it politeness or is it jealousy?
then continue his thoughts a little more condescendingly

And I don't think I wanna do that tonight
I don't
really feel like
it's you're goddamn right
to have me listen to your every pompous promise & fright just because you know I wouldn't put up much fight

He didn't really want to be listened to
he just wanted to spew and spew and spew
He didn't really want to be listened to
he just wanted to spew and spew and spew

And though I heard most of what he would say
all I thought about was walking away

Who cares?
No one ever asked you anything
who cares
No one ever asked you anything
who cares
no one ever asked me anything

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from Playing with the Grotesques, released August 26, 2012

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