Am I correct to defend the fist that holds this pen?
It's ink that lies, the pen, the pencil and the paper.
Our friends speak out in our defense.
They pay ten deaf ears for two months rent.
We burn the gallows they erect,
and cut the nooses they tie for our necks.

The only thing that makes it possible to make conversation.
Keep us in comatose but audible.
And I like it, the farther I get out.
We pass it off but it's all on us.
Only common conversation, it took everything I got.
And I like it, the farther I got out.

Am I correct to defend the fist that holds this pen?
It's ink that lies, the pen, the pencil and the paper.
Our friends speak out in our defense.
They pay ten deaf ears for two months rent.
We burn the gallows they erect,
and cut the nooses they tie for our necks.

The only thing that makes it possible to make conversation.
Keep us in comatose but audible.
And I like it, the farther I get out.
We pass it off but it's all on us.
Only common conversation, it took everything I got.
And I like it, the farther I got out.

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