Compliment?-The Posies

[ti:Compliment?] [ar:The Posies] [al:Failure] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Compliment? - The Posies [00:01.14]Well I've felt worse and I have felt [00:04.34] [00:05.27]Better than this [00:07.93] [00:09.77]I've made a pacifier [00:11.93] [00:13.05]Out of my fist [00:15.03] [00:16.54]Well I don't care when bones are bare [00:20.24]The mind can't interfere [00:23.85] [00:24.96]And what I've said outside my head [00:28.50]Anyone can hear [00:30.56] [00:32.08]Maybe I praise you 'cause I cannot praise myself [00:37.46] [00:38.39]Won't you just take [00:39.78] [00:40.95]A compliment from me [00:42.96] [00:44.02]Perhaps they're understated [00:46.07]And a little overmasked [00:49.13] [00:50.48]If they were hand delivered [00:52.87]It would be more than I could ask [00:55.84]Forwardness ain't my business [01:00.82]But you can fish for compliments [01:03.76]While I beg for forgiveness [01:07.23] [01:08.75]I'd like to reap the flatteries I sow [01:12.34] [01:12.96]But I really cast seeds of doubt [01:15.23]Looks like you take them from everyone [01:18.49]And everyone hands them out [01:20.49]Self mutilation just ain't my trip [01:23.22]But now this is worth the trouble [01:25.99] [01:26.70]Cut me open with your laughter [01:29.60]I bleed complementary colors [01:31.61] [01:32.82]Tender seedlings trampled [01:35.13] [01:35.65]And overwatered boughs [01:38.55] [01:39.24]Won't you just take [01:40.67] [01:41.79]A compliment from me [01:43.72] [01:44.66]Perhaps they're overstated [01:47.15]And a little undermasked [01:49.69] [01:50.85]If they were what I really meant [01:53.41]It would be more than I could ask [01:56.10]Forwardness should be my business [02:01.24]But you can fish for compliments [02:03.94]While I beg for forgiveness [02:07.62] [02:16.67]Well I have tried every approach [02:19.76]And they always leave me empty [02:23.53]But each one has it's special way [02:26.80]Of making everyone contempt me [02:30.51]It seems rather selfish to want to be loved [02:34.09]Or to love and expect you to care [02:37.01] [02:37.57]But my batteries don't run on flattery [02:40.91]And it just gets me nowhere [02:44.94]Oh when was I ever promised [02:47.47]I'd get back all that I gave [02:50.77] [02:51.73]But I wouldn't care if you'd take [02:53.67]A compliment from me [02:56.34] [02:57.73]Perhaps it's too late [02:59.20] [03:00.00]Or too much to expect [03:02.40] [03:03.07]But compliments that come no strings attached [03:05.56]Well they're certainly the best [03:08.45]Thing for me I adore you [03:13.44]But you can fish for compliments [03:16.09]And I won't be there to bore you