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Angel On My Back

from Hammered Pennies by Jo Bergeron

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lyrics

The boy must be lost
In the man I suppose
Trolling for sex
And surfing too much porn
Searching for substance
In the horror I feed
Still no one ever asks
Why I let myself bleed
I’m living in a coffin
Just a broken machine
That stumbles down the streets
On a sixteen inch screen
It’s so late at night
Come with me hitch a ride
Need to sleep a minute
On the passenger side
Whatever they decide
Always seems to feel
Like whoever I become
Is just part of the deal
Trying to find a way
To delay what’s ahead
I didn’t say enough
And now it’s all been said

Fallen angel on my back
Push me down into the black
Leave me falling through the cracks
I’m so easily misled
Always waiting to be fed
By the demons in my head

Seems everybody else
Has a place of their own
Somewhere to belong
Settled down in a home
I rot here all alone
In this empty apartment
With the test pattern on
While I wait to come down
Watching hands on a clock
That keeps counting down
Trying to measure who I am,
I’m growing old so fast
Hey God, I need help, what are you waiting for?

chorus

I’m growing roots on this couch
Watching autumn leaves
Through the window in the wall
While I try to perceive
Why I wallow in my past
While the present seems to freeze
Must be good for something
I just want to believe
In a matter of seconds
The air will be filled
With fallen angels
Burning around my bed
Flaming in my head

They’re coming once again
It always feels the same
Stalled out on the path
Of a runaway train
I don’t know what it means
Or what to do with it
I only wish it would stop
I only wish it would quit
I’ll crawl deep inside
Until they go away
I need somewhere to hide
Cause they like to play
Seconds and hours
And days and years
A lifetime if they can

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from Hammered Pennies, track released June 11, 2012

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