Line & Sinker

Album: Billy Talent (2003)
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  • What you see is what you get (don't you know?)
    Fishing for the answers with a line and sinker
    Look at me and don't forget (don't you know?)
    Hard to get a grip with all these broken fingers
    What you see is what you get (don't you know?)
    Fishing for the answers with a line and sinker
    Look at me and don't forget (don't you know?)
    Hard to get a grip with all these broken fingers

    Today I don't feel pretty
    And I'm tired of trying to fit right in
    Don't think that you're so great
    'Cause being great must suck
    We don't always see the bright side
    We all need ego suicide
    You hung my id today
    But I have licked my wounds and carried on

    Everybody needs some sympathy
    Santa seemed to miss my chimney
    Reality is truly scaring me
    So stand up straight and firmly say

    What you see is what you get (don't you know?)
    Fishing for the answers with a line and sinker
    Look at me and don't forget (don't you know?)
    Hard to get a grip with all these broken fingers
    What you see is what you get (don't you know?)
    Fishing for the answers with a line and sinker
    Look at me and don't forget (don't you know?)
    Hard to get a grip with all these broken fingers

    My heart is in the right place
    So wipe that smirk right off your face
    Don't make me feel like that
    'Cause that's just plain not nice
    We don't always see the bright side
    And I lied when I said I was fine
    You slapped my face today
    But I have licked my wounds and carried on

    Everybody needs some sympathy
    Santa seemed to miss my chimney
    Reality is truly scaring me
    So stand up straight and firmly say

    What you see is what you get (don't you know?)
    Fishing for the answers with a line and sinker
    Look at me and don't forget (don't you know?)
    Hard to get a grip with all these broken fingers
    What you see is what you get (don't you know?)
    Fishing for the answers with a line and sinker
    Look at me and don't forget (don't you know?)
    Hard to get a grip with all these broken fingers

    Everybody needs some sympathy
    Santa seemed to miss my chimney
    You stole my luck from me
    And now my fortune cookie's empty
    'Cause you came and you stole it all from me
    So stand up straight and firmly say

    What you see is what you get (don't you know?)
    Fishing for the answers with a line and sinker
    Look at me and don't forget (don't you know?)
    Hard to get a grip with all these broken fingers
    What you see is what you get (don't you know?)
    Fishing for the answers with a line and sinker
    Look at me and don't forget (don't you know?)
    Hard to get a grip with all these broken fingers Writer/s: Aaron Solowoniuk, Ben Kowalewicz, Ian D'sa, Jon Gallant
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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