Albatross - Kevin Devine

I think my brain is broken

Can’t push my point across

If I stay unspoken

Don’t lift my albatross

Lord I’m lonely

Lord the luck

Lord I’m never near enough

Growling in the garbage truck

I twist my jaw and offer up

Eat my anger

And my lies

And my terror

And my pride

Folding at the scything light

I tuck my knees and clench my eyes

I think my brain is broken

Can’t push my point across

If I stay unspoken

Don’t lift my albatross

Grow out your constant chaos

Throw fits in semaphore

Pitch your wordless crisis

Just keep your prism pure

When you listen, look alive

Be a mirror

Be a kite

No one needs your spirit guide

Temper tantrum fire sign

I think my brain is broken

Can’t push my point across

If I stay unspoken

Don’t lift my albatross

Strip-search your inhibition

Go get your grave embossed

Weed your rotten wisdom

It won’t turn the future off

Streaming through the cellar walls

Catastrophe!, she caterwauls

Fentanyl, Klonopin

Gately at the beach again

Let’s swim

Nothing ventured

Nothing gained

Nothing matters anyway

If you’re frightened stay awake

Pick a god and start to pray

Good Ganesha

Shiva’s arms

Jesus Christ in camouflage

If you’re sinking sing along

Nothing’s real so nothing’s wrong

Nothing ventured

Nothing gained

Nothing matters anyway

If you’re frightened stay awake

Pick a god and start to pray

Good Ganesha

Shiva’s arms

Jesus Christ in camouflage

If you’re sinking sing along

Nothing’s real so nothing’s wrong

Nothing ventured

Nothing gained

Nothing matters anyway

If you’re frightened stay awake

Pick a god and start to pray

Good Ganesha

Shiva’s arms

Jesus Christ in camouflage

If you’re sinking sing along

Nothing’s real so nothing’s wrong

I think my brain is broken

Can’t push my point across

If I stay unspoken

Don’t lift my albatross