The Overly Dramatic Truth - El-P

I became for you what you would ask, telepath

You’re too young to ask out loud

I’m too old to not know that

I can talk like you’ve not heard

I know weapons, you think words

I expose you to these terms

You still chose to roll unheard

That could work but not so fast

You’re so open, I’m so crass

I’m too weak to hold that back

You still think intrigue will last

Can’t imagine of my past

I just can’t explain all that

I wish I could trade your place

So romantic, full of faith

I must spare you

I must learn

I refuse to be your first

First to put you in your place

First to make you speed your pace

I’m a man now, good or bad

You’re a girl still, good for you

Don’t think this don’t make me sad

This is something I must do

Come on

Keep your own time, leave me be

Trying to spare you, trying to be

God melodic, man on fire

Coward long gone, all desire

Fuck you raw now, it’s my fault

Fuck you raw, dog, I can’t stop

Should have listened

Should have left

I can’t stop unless you jet

It’s so simple, open head

I will knit my savage thread

Help me help you walk away

Leave this unamazing grace

You don’t know from pure disgrace

You still think I’m here to save?

I’m not even really here

I can’t give what I can’t take

What a ride

What a slide under the door

What a score

You think I’m a genius

I know I’m a whore

What a time

What a climate for our lives

What’s in store?

You see live forever

All I see is war

I will pull your hair back

Fuck you on the floor

Pour myself into the act

Poor myself, boo-hoo, I’m bad

'Cause I know that these moments end

But telling you the truth is sad

You deserve the ignorance and bliss that I still wish I had

Don’t you let me keep you here

Don’t ignore my greatest fear

I need you to not need me

You need not believe, just flee

I will put myself inside you

Find some way to run and hide, you

I can’t be responsible

Do as I say not as I do

Keep your own time, leave me be

Trying to spare you, trying to be

God melodic, man on fire

Coward long gone, all desire

Fuck you raw now, it’s my fault

Fuck you raw, dog, I can’t stop

Should have listened

Should have left

I can’t stop unless you jet

It’s so simple, open head

I will knit my savage thread

Help me help you walk away

Leave this unamazing grace

You don’t know from pure disgrace

You still think I’m here to save?

I’m not even really here

I can’t give what I can’t take

This is not my ego talking

I know I’m no perfect draw

And I do love the way you lay there

I do like the way we talk

Maybe I’m just condescending

Maybe this thing isn’t wrong

Maybe you should lay right there

Put your hands up in the air

Keep your own time, leave me be

Trying to spare you, trying to be

God melodic, man on fire

Coward long gone, all desire

Fuck you raw now, it’s your fault

Fuck you raw, dog, I can’t stop

Should have listened

Should have left

I can’t stop unless you jet

It’s so simple, open head

I will knit my savage thread

Help me help you walk away

Leave this unamazing grace

You don’t know from pure disgrace

You still think I’m here to save?

I was never even here

I can’t give what I can’t take

You still think I’m here to save?

You still think I’m here to save?

You still think I’m here to save?

You still think I’m here to save?

You still think I’m here to save?

You still think I’m here to save?

You still think I’m here to save?

You still think I’m here to save?

This is my type of religion