Conor Oberst Things You Know Lyrics

Still and quiet on my bed
And fighting wars inside my head
While counting the footprints on the ceiling
Blank and colorless tapestries
The voices yell inside of me
And I
Knew then
The paint was peeling

You say this misery
Well that's no more than sympathy for me
Cause this time you were faking
Your motive, very questioning
This silence is so deafening
Now, you see you've got me shaking
Screaming, cursing, then you'll spit
And saying all your worthless s___
And I, of course I'm worth hearing (?)
And I don't know of what I think
But you my friend don't know anything
And that's what makes you not worth fearing

And I've, been lying here for awhile now
Sitting and acting like a child
And if you find my garden could you bring it back
Cause I've been lying here for awhile now
And I've, I've been dying here for awhile now
And I've, died for awhile now

You think it is an untamed piece
Then I am just a centerpiece on the table
Of your feelings
A funny sort of interlude
It's just that helpless attitude of mine
Cause there's no footprints on your ceiling

And everything slips through my hand
I'm sorry I don't understand the point
Should be making
Your selflessness I must have missed
I never knew this emptiness
Like a child, been forsaken
And all the things you never take
The toys you purposely would break
Like a gift, not worth giving
And now I just sit here and stare
Never thinking about how unfair it was
Like the life I was living

And I've been lying here for awhile now
Sitting and acting like I was in exile
And if you see my sister could you send her home
Cause I've been dying here for awhile now
And I'll, I'll be dying here in awhile now
Die for awhile, awhile now, I'm dying now
Awhile, awhile, awhile now, for awhile, for awhile now