Lyrics

Paper and Lightning

Carefree and easy, the way that you see
Me I try to improve everything
You?re content to take what life chooses to offer
And I set out to make what I see

You used to say amazing, what I do
All the while, I did it all for you

But you?re paper, I?m lightning
The sparks came igniting you
Burned up, I?m burned out
I can?t get the stain out of your pages
They?re filled up with history?s bad luck
I?m pushed to the margins again

We?re paper and lightning my friend

The past wasn?t easy, and history?s meaning
It seems to change day by day
Things for which you thanked me were seeds for complaining
To all your true old friends

You think it shouldn?t matter what you say
After all, they don?t like me anyway

You?re paper, I?m lightning
The sparks came igniting
You burned up, I?m burned out
I can?t get the stain out of your pages
They?re filled up with history?s bad luck
I?m pushed to the margins again

We?re paper and lightning my friend

You?d do anything for all your friends and for me you never have a thing to say
I make you a priority as my best friend no I won?t be happy with your leftovers again

You are paper I?m lightning
The sparks came igniting you burned up
I?m burned out
I can?t get the pain out of these pages
They?re filled up with history?s bad luck
I?m pushed to the margins again and again and again

© 2005 Patrick A. Paraggio