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  1. The Boy

From the recording Skin Deep

This is a song where I wrote the music a long time ago and wrote the lyrics recently. The lyrics tell the story of a woman who somehow learned how to read her lover's mind and was, well, more than a little disappointed with what she found.

Lyrics

I have seen what's inside
And it is not alright
And now I cannot sleep at night
I know the boy all too well
No he did not seem cracked
He did not seem prone
My aching mind is fully blown
Oh his veneer is sweet as milk
Sometimes I can sympathize
I've seen the world through the devil's eyes
I've felt this baby's twisted misery
But mostly it makes me sick inside
So disappointed I could die
I swallow mouthfulls of his bitter sea
I don't know what I expected
But I wish that I'd neglected
To find the answers that I now know
I cannot return to ignorance
I cannot ignore the evidence
I cannot forget what I was shown
I must question it all
I must sink or swim
Either way I'll be away from him
I do not know how this could be
But I won't look him in the eye
Or take the time to tell him why
I'm flattened by the absurdity
I can't take this anymore
I am walking out that door
I swear that he has seen the last of me
King Toad! King Toad!
Everything in life has its upside
Your great loss is the insect's great delight
And you scream
To the answering machine
And you scream