Selfish Art

Album: Carry the Ghost (2015)
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  • Sometimes making songs for a living
    Feels like living to make songs
    And sometimes i get an uneasy feeling
    That I'm doing something wrong
    'Cause nothing really feels like home
    And I just want to be alone
    Calculate the hours till the power
    In the well goes dry

    I'm watching as the stage goes black
    How long until we all go back
    To being nothing at all
    Nothing but a spark in someone's eye
    Am I giving all that I can give
    Am I earning the right to live
    By looking in a mirror
    There's nothing more sincere
    Than selfish art sometimes
    When I've got nothing to say
    I think breaking a heart
    Could maybe be the start of some new page
    And sometimes i play a couple war games
    Using live ammunition
    So I can fix what I'm missing
    Most of my songs are true
    Most of my songs are due
    To some broken people
    So I could write a single

    I'm watching as the stage goes black
    How long until we all go back
    To being nothing at all
    Nothing but a spark in someone's eye
    Am I giving all that I can give
    Am I earning the right to live
    By looking in a mirror
    There's nothing more sincere
    Than selfish art

    I'm watching as the stage goes black
    How long until we all go back
    To being nothing at all
    Nothing but a spark in someone's eye
    Am I giving all that I can give
    Am I earning the right to live
    By looking in a mirror
    There's nothing more sincere
    Than selfish art
    There's nothing more sincere than
    An empty heart
    There's nothing more sincere than who we are
    Than who we are Writer/s: Noah Gundersen
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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