Click Hiss Repeat - Electric Bard

The needle hits the dust, jumps the groove, repeats the phrase A stupid little insult from two hundred forty days I play it on the turntable inside the restless mind Refusing to leave any of the venom far behind Click, hiss, repeat. Click, hiss, repeat. You said my hands were clumsy and my promises were cheap I took the ugly sentence and I carried it to sleep I nurse it like an ember underneath a dry leaf stack Polishing the grudge until the surface turns pitch black Click, hiss, repeat. Click, hiss, repeat. It feels safer to be bitter than to admit the private sting So I sit inside the dark and let the damaged record sing Click, hiss, repeat. Click, hiss, repeat. Every morning waking to the very same defeat. Revolve The Grievance Round The Heavy Iron Spindle Watch The Little Remaining Embers Of Affection Dwindle Cherish The Resentment Like A Weapon In The Palm Anything To Interrupt The Terrifying Calm I rehearsed the retribution while I shaved my morning chin Drafting thirty cruel retorts to make the damage win I could mention how your hands shook when you dropped the pantry bowl Or how you run away when things demand a little soul Click, hiss, repeat. Click, hiss, repeat. Petty little ammunition gathered from the years Stockpiled in the corners of my juvenile fears The acetate is wearing thin, the groove is turning gray Eating up the hours of a sensible spring day Click, hiss, repeat. Click, hiss, repeat. I know I am the prisoner who holds the iron latch Striking private matches in a dry pine thatch Click, hiss, repeat. Click, hiss, repeat. Every single toss praying that they'll catch. I could just lift the arm. Pick up the needle. Put the record in the paper sleeve. Leave the room. Why is it so hard to put the poison down? Revolve The Grievance Round The Heavy Iron Spindle Watch The Little Remaining Embers Of Affection Dwindle Cherish The Resentment Like A Weapon In The Palm Anything To Interrupt The Terrifying Calm Every morning waking to the very same defeat. Every morning waking to the very same defeat. Click, hiss, repeat. Click, hiss, repeat.