Action Potential from Action Potential by Edward Coles

Well I still remember
The last thing you said
"I hate you so much
You're so hard to live with
and no one can stand
the smell of old smoke
and all that cheap whiskey
you keep hiding from me"

"You're a fool and a drunk,
You're a great disappointment,
you're all action potential
with no means of escape,
you're a bastard, no more
You're in a sorry state,
You're all that I needed:
Yet another mistake"

Well, I hope that I make it
out of this box
You keep putting me in
And then leaving me there
so there's no crack of light
except when you decide
that you'll be my saviour
that you'll be my bride

You're a dandelion, love
you scatter in the wind
you promise false beauty
but you can't commit
yeah, you promise false beauty
then you disappear
if you'll ever come back
well, it's never quite clear

So I'll wait like a dog
a shadow at high noon
hoping that some change
will come around soon
Yes, I'll keep on repeating
my ear to the ground
it's a hallway of echoes
that carries the sound

Well, are you done
with gaslighting me?
All your golden age theories:
I'm a stubborn disease
Always rolling your eyes
always slipping from view
just so you see me
running after you...

So I'll wait like a dog
a shadow at high noon
hoping that some change
will come around soon
Yes, I'll keep on repeating
my ear to the ground
it's a hallway of echoes
that carries the sound

Well, I still remember
the last thing you said
"I hate you so much
you're so hard to live with"

"You're a fool and a drunk
you're a great disappointment
you're all action potential
with no means of escape
you're a bastard: no more
you're in a sorry state
you're all that I needed:
yet another mistake"

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