Pardon the Mess

from California Burning by Zoob

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lyrics

I am reborn a child
I am a downed power line running wild
I am a heart on a stick

I am frenzied and calm
I'm the full Rashomon
I am stuck still but I am not sick

Here I am making a room for a love after all of this rage
please pardon the mess while I renovate

I am too small a belt
I am at the end of myself
I am making my therapist rich

I am stepping on rakes
I'm allergic to heartbreak
It is making my writing hand itch

Here I am building a wall for my heart with a heavier gate
please pardon the mess while I renovate
pardon the mess while I renovate

You can measure the bruise on my chest by the length of the day
I am watching it fade now from purple to gainsboro gray
If you think that it's taking too long honey give me a date
I am stitching and sawing, teething an clawing, pushing my men through the rain
I am fixing a broken an ancient vessel
I'm sorry I can't do it all to a schedule

I am the king of the insincere
the rumor that's dogged you all year
yeah, I'm disappointed in me too

Ah but I am an architects son
with a sledge hammer and a glue gun
and I am all out of glue

So I am turning my love into far more enticing a cage
please pardon the mess while I renovate
pardon the mess while I renovate

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from California Burning, released July 30, 2021

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Zoob Los Angeles, California

Singer-Songwriter/Guitarist from NYC, living in Pittsburgh PA

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