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The Characteristics of My Hindsight

by Hey Dog Dog

on The Characteristics of My Hindsight (2018)

Oh, I don't feel it
Bad energy
Cheap drinks conceal it
Oh, let's leave this party and go

I could have done the time
Surrounded myself with a couple of guys
Who think the girls on the couch are theirs
And money flows smooth 'cause their parents share

Hold your shock and hold your surprise
The ambient blue keeps you up at nights
Believe it, receive it and bottle it up
It's two-day shipping on the trauma truck

In this shelter I'll stay dry
Out there in the weather it's a slippery climb
Believe me, I've been there, it's tight
The characteristics of my hindsight

[In this shelter I'll stay dry]
[Out there in the weather it's a slippery climb]
[Believe me, I've been there, it's tight]
[The characteristics of my hindsight]

The pages yellowed
Split from the binding that I've outgrown
I think I'll need a ride home

Split it up, put that weapon down
If the road gets rocked
Then we'll all just drown
They sang it for days, paraded around
And Alice was drawn to the soothing sound

Fashion in and out one ear
When I first sang "Sweater" early last year
The papers were signed and I tracked it up
But it started sounding sadder every time

In this shelter I'll stay dry
Out there in the weather it's a slippery climb
Believe me, I've been there, it's tight
The characteristics of my hindsight

[Out there in the weather it's a slippery climb]
[The characteristics of my hindsight]

All at once the irony jumped at me from the page
So I followed the sounds to find out how and where they're made
But heaven had no time for me in my Darwinian daze

Get it all worked out
Get it all worked out
Get it all worked out
Get it all worked out

In this shelter I'll stay dry
Out there in the weather it's a slippery climb
Believe me, I've been there, it's tight
The characteristics of my hindsight

I could have done the time
Surrounded myself with a couple of guys
Who think the girls on the couch are theirs
And money flows smooth 'cause their parents share

Hold your shock and hold your surprise
The ambient blue keeps you up at nights
Believe it, receive it and bottle it up
It's two-day shipping on the trauma truck