I Know You-Henry Rollins

[ti:I Know You] [ar:Henry Rollins] [al:Black Coffee Blues] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.84]I know you [00:02.09]You were too short [00:03.53] [00:04.78]You had bad skin [00:06.28] [00:07.41]You couldn't talk to them very well [00:09.41] [00:10.47]Words didn't seem to work [00:11.78] [00:13.28]They lied when they came out of your mouth [00:15.53] [00:16.91]You tried so hard to understand them [00:18.66] [00:20.16]You wanted to be part of what was happening [00:22.59] [00:23.34]You saw them having fun [00:24.53] [00:25.41]And it seemed like such a mystery [00:27.03] [00:27.85]Almost magic [00:28.47] [00:29.72]Made you think that there was something wrong with you [00:32.03] [00:33.16]You'd look in the mirror and try to find it [00:34.97] [00:35.97]You thought that you were ugly [00:37.35] [00:38.22]And that everyone was looking at you [00:39.85] [00:40.85]So you learned to be invisible [00:42.41] [00:43.22]To look down [00:44.04] [00:44.72]To avoid conversation [00:45.66] [00:47.10]The hours days weekends [00:50.22] [00:51.10]Ah the weekend nights alone [00:52.53] [00:53.97]Where were you [00:54.66] [00:55.41]In the basement [00:55.91]In the attic [00:57.41]In your room [00:58.47]Working some job - just to have something to do [01:01.16] [01:02.04]Just to have a place to put yourself [01:03.85] [01:04.41]Just to have a way to get away from them [01:06.85]A chance to get away from the ones that made you feel [01:09.22] [01:10.04]So strange and ill at ease inside yourself [01:11.72] [01:12.41]Did you ever get invited to one of their parties [01:15.16] [01:15.85]You sat and wondered if you would go or not [01:18.47] [01:19.04]For hours you imagined the scenarios that might transpire [01:21.79] [01:23.35]They would laugh at you [01:25.04] [01:25.60]If you would know what to do [01:27.66]If you'd have the right things on [01:29.35] [01:30.10]If they would notice that you came from a different planet [01:32.67] [01:33.61]Did you get all brave in your thoughts [01:36.53]Like you going to be able to go in there and deal with it [01:39.53]And have a great time [01:40.53] [01:41.10]Did you think that you might be the life of the party [01:43.91] [01:44.54]That all these people were gonna talk to you and you [01:47.72]Would find out that you were wrong [01:49.67]That you had a lot of friends and you weren't so [01:51.80]Strange after all [01:52.42] [01:53.42]Did you end up going [01:54.49] [01:55.67]Did they mess with you [01:56.67] [01:57.42]Did they single you out [01:58.36] [01:59.17]Did you find out that you were invited because they [02:02.05]Thought you were so weird [02:03.24] [02:04.11]Yeah I think I know you [02:05.99] [02:06.99]You spent a lot of time full of hate [02:09.49]A hate that was pure sunshine [02:12.36] [02:13.11]A hate that saw for miles [02:14.61] [02:15.67]A hate that kept you up at night [02:17.67] [02:18.24]A hate that filled your every waking moment [02:20.99] [02:21.99]A hate that carried you for a long time [02:24.18] [02:24.99]Yes I think I know you [02:26.99] [02:27.74]You couldn't figure out what they saw in the way they lived [02:30.93] [02:31.74]Home was not home [02:33.05] [02:34.43]Your room was home [02:35.80] [02:36.55]A corner was home [02:37.80] [02:38.55]The place they weren't that was home [02:42.61]I know you [02:43.62] [02:44.43]You're sensitive and you hide it because you fear [02:48.30]Getting stepped on one more time [02:49.87] [02:51.12]It seems that when you show a part of yourself that is [02:54.25]The least bit vulnerable someone takes advantage of you [02:57.88] [02:58.69]One of them steps on you [03:00.63]They mistake kindliness for weakness [03:03.00] [03:04.06]But you know the difference [03:06.38]You've been the brunt of their weakness for years [03:08.69] [03:09.44]And strength is something you know a bit about because [03:13.13]You had to be strong to keep yourself alive [03:15.07] [03:16.07]You know yourself very well now [03:17.82] [03:18.88]And you don't trust people [03:20.07] [03:20.69]You know them too well [03:22.00] [03:23.69]You try to find that special person [03:25.50] [03:26.57]Someone you can be with [03:27.94] [03:28.63]Someone you can touch [03:30.26]Someone you can talk to [03:31.32] [03:31.88]Someone you don't feel so strange around [03:33.44] [03:34.51]And you find that they don't really exist [03:36.38] [03:37.26]You feel closer to people on movie screens [03:39.88] [03:40.57]Yeah I think I know you [03:43.57]You spend a lot of time daydreaming [03:45.88] [03:46.82]And people have made comment to that effect [03:49.01] [03:49.69]Telling you that you're self involved and self centred [03:52.88] [03:53.45]But they don't know do they [03:55.32] [03:55.88]About the long night shifts alone [03:57.88] [03:58.76]About the years of keeping yourself company [04:00.88] [04:01.76]All the nights you wrapped your arms around yourself [04:04.88]So you could imagine someone holding you [04:06.63] [04:07.44]The hours of indecision self doubt [04:10.06] [04:11.06]The intense depression [04:12.48] [04:13.23]The blinding hate [04:14.36] [04:15.17]The rage that made you stagger [04:17.17] [04:17.86]The devastation of rejection [04:19.67] [04:20.36]Well maybe they do know [04:22.73] [04:23.42]But if they do they sure do a good job of hiding it [04:26.22] [04:26.97]It astounds you how they can be so smooth [04:30.03] [04:31.03]How they seem to pass through life as if life itself [04:34.84] [04:35.78]Was some divine gift [04:36.78] [04:37.72]And it infuriates you to watch yourself with your [04:41.34]Apparent skill at finding every way possible to screw it up [04:45.47] [04:46.22]For you life is a long trip [04:49.03]Terrifying and wonderful [04:50.41] [04:51.47]Birds sing to you at night [04:53.53] [04:54.41]The rain and the sun the changing seasons are true friends [04:58.53] [04:59.60]Solitude is a hard won ally faithful and patient [05:04.41] [05:05.03]Yeah I think I know you