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This is the absolute last of my promises
I swear to you, I'm finished with this
I guess it started as sick curiosity
But by now it's just making me sick
I've locked the doors of the house, trading shots with myself
Inventing drinking games to help pass the time
Drink once for inertia, twice for every broken promise
Three for every protracted goodbye
At this rate, I just might drink myself blind

This is the absolute last of my promises
I swear to you, I'm finished with this
With these lists of suggestions of things I could change
To help you stave off your own listlessness
It's a race to the finish, take no losses, take no prisoners
You can't afford to give in this time
Before this cracked and broken canvas, lay a table of your implements
The bottles and the chemicals inside
To help make things right
I will let go tonight

To you it seems like selfishness, this self-preserving reflex
But honestly, to me this is a conflict of interest
I'm no kind of coward, despite my various flaws
I just know when I can and when I can't beat the odds

So take all your questions, all your meaningless games
You and them can go to hell, or at least the hell away from me
So take your mixed signals and your infidelities
You see, I'm better off without you, but you were much better off with me

This is a lesson in self-preservation
You wounded an artist… what did you expect?
(The bow is drawn, make from the shaft.)
This is a lesson in self-preservation
You wounded an artist… what did you expect?

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from Brother, We Are Devils! (10th Anniversary Edition), released August 8, 2011

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