Sage Francis Lyrics

Album: Unknown

Black Sweatshirt Lyrics

Tonight I'm in the mood for some unscheduled affection

 Spontaneous combustion...I'm playing with my fire inside

 Burning my inner child blackened his skin to the tint of his sweatshirt

 "Hey...when you play with the big boys, you get hurt!"

 I used to suck my thumb while rubbing silk blankets across my cheek

 Until my mom denied me access. I bawled for weeks

 We don't speak to this day. I came to terms with my fear and loathing

 Now I wear this clothing...like it's an extra layer of old skin

 Afraid to shed...tears...in the fabric...from years that I've had it

 Found abandoned on the stairs to the attic

 Collecting runaway skin cells...absorbing memories

 It's been to hell and back, dragged through the dirt and even worn by enemies

 Born in the 70's of the 20th century

 Making that distinction is for future reference...In case y'all remember me

 And my genesis. What's most important is to remember this

 Women and men are pissed. When they kiss they exchange spit that is venomous

 Most of it is affection-less and the affects of this has us quick to clench a fist

 Don't get fancy with your paintbrush when you reminisce

 

 I'm sentimental and I miss what used to be close to me

 or maybe I've just got OCD and I can't break my old routines

 Hopefully I reconcile with my inseparable...what lies inside from head to toes

 Instead of symbolizing clothes...identifying with outside symbols...

 

 Cut out the middle man...

 

 But my woobie is in demand...

 

 I'm feeling like a kid again.

 

 "It protected me from the wind, sea and sand

 Sanity was saved from the crazy cemetery walks

 And every awkward moment spent talking with the Boogie Man

 Man...managed unconditional comfort. As I've come to understand...

 The monsters are under my bed again...

 The monsters are under my bed again."

 

 Dedicated to the memory of my Black Sweatshirt