If You Say So

from Help (EP) by HVL

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the makeups and the breakups are consoling me
like a punchup in the face of authority
the truth is you're livid and full of me
a crescendo that's ended in apathy
how should i feel? what should i say when there's nothing left to keep you from walking away?
it's funny in the end - you'd like to stay friends. you're all bubbly inside like a diver who's feeling the bends
i've carried my weight and i've carried it long. i know what i've done, so i'll bury my body in song.

oh, a boy and a girl so deeply in love; she pushes him away
a bullet, a trigger, the end.
the truth is i'm dead, i've been dead for a while. they buried me in a suit so i'm pushing up daisies in style.
how should you feel? what should you say when all you can do is tell me that i'll be OK?

if you say so

what's all wrong with this one?

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from Help (EP), track released May 5, 2003

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