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Butcher Shop

from God's Footstool by Kyp Harness

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BUTCHER SHOP

You been completely disconnected
you been lost amongst the throng
You been hearin’ it and tellin’ it
and sellin’ it for a song
Everytime you’ve been alone
you’ve been wishin’you were with them
Everytime that you’ve been with them
you’ve been wishin’ you were alone
But mostly you’ve been wishin’
that you were a stone
a-sleepin’ at the bottom of the ocean

And after awhile, it gets hard to tell
the difference between yourself
And that book upon the shelf
or that guy out in the street
Or some bloody hunk of meat
hangin’ in the window of a butcher shop
You’ve been hangin’ in the window of a butcher shop

You spend your days in schemin’
payin’ off your demons
But you know they’ll never leave ya
don’t make no mistake about it
You know you got a mind
because you’re always tryin’ to blind it
Half the time you’re thinkin’
you’d be better off without it

And mostly you’re just lookin’
for a hole to disappear in
Some quivering mindless mass of flesh
for you to throw your fear in
You’re at the wheel, Boy Wonder,
but you’re not sure how to steer it
So mostly you’re just lookin’
for a hole to disappear in

And after awhile it gets hard to tell
the difference between yourself
And that book upon the shelf
or some guy out in the street
Or some bloody hunk of meat
hangin’ in the the window of a butcher shop
You been hangin’ in the window of a butcher shop

So you go dress up in your suit
but you’d just rather grow some roots
And hang around inside the forest
till someone comes along and cuts ya
You know you got a heart
‘cause you’re always trying to outsmart it
It might as well be made of wood
for all the good it does ya

And mostly you’re just lookin’
for a mirror to see yourself in
Your love is blind but your hate has got
the memory of an elephant
You heard the Sermon on the Mount
but you failed to see the relevance
So mostly you’re just lookin’
for a mirror to see yourself in

And after awhile it gets hard to tell
the difference between yourself
and that book upon yourself
Or some guy out in the street
or some bloody hunk of meat
Hangin’ in the window of a butcher shop

You been hangin’
You been hangin’
You been hangin’ in the window of a butcher shop

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from God's Footstool, released October 5, 2014

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