LYRIC FOR SALE

By No Legs Octopus

CHORUS:
It happened slowly, over time
So slow I didn’t notice
boiled alive I chose it
I didn't know you weren't right

I wish now that then I’d known
It wouldn’t matter my approach
It wasn’t the timing or my tone
Or every cautious word I spoke

Cause you don’t hear what is said
Just assume it’s a threat
So you fight to the death
To attack and defend

But that's not my intent
I crave to connect
To share and reflect
To listen and express

It takes a toll to try to hold
Onto myself, not who I'm told
Is awful and unlovable
Is broken and unlovable


VERSE 1:
The thing about the antis
Is they wiped you clean inside
Always drunk and always high
To grasp some sense of being alive

But empty, eerie underneath
Eyes cold and hard like plastic beads
Dark and mean no empathy
Looking like bad taxidermy

It hurt my heart and chilled my spine
To see you numb and know you hide
From me and what you’ve made of life
To watch you become someone I don’t recognize


CHORUS:
It happened slowly, over time
So slow I didn’t notice,
boiled alive I chose it
I didn't know you weren't right

I wish now that then I’d known
It wouldn’t matter my approach
It wasn’t the timing or my tone
Or every cautious word I spoke

But you don’t listen to what’s said
You just assume it’s a threat
So you fight to the death
To attack and defend

I'm not the enemy that you
Think I am but it's no use
Your labels stick like glue
I can't change your view

It takes a toll to try to hold
Onto myself, not who I'm told
Is awful and unlovable
Is broken and unlovable


VERSE 2:
Your black eyes show me my reflection
How you view me, as your projection
No escape and no protection
From your resentment and rejection

It’s a dangerous combination
Dissociated and in dysregulation
Unaware of your own isolation
No attachment only irritation

Both stuck in our own worlds
Protecting ourselves from our own hurt
Behind our walls throwing our words
Just victims of the Effexor


BRIDGE:
I can’t make space for both in my brain
As I cast out and carry the burden of blame
Cause I still feel the damage, I carry its weight
While I fester remorse, for not doing better to save

My eyes were blinded by my blood running red
I saw you through the view of a painted lens
I know that’s not fair, you say it was the meds
And I want to believe you even when it happens again

Cause if I don’t, I’ll have to face what I know
If it’s not me or them, then I’ll have to let go
Cause I can’t carry you and me both all alone
Maybe we both failed each other in our own way

But I’m so small now I forgot how to be brave
I disappeared as you took up more and more space
I guess you could say I’m also not the same
I guess you could say a lot has changed
Since you haven’t been yourself

A lot has changed since you haven't been yourself
A lot has changed since you haven't been yourself
A lot has changed since you haven't been yourself