"Bow Out" lyrics

"Bow Out"

A lot of what she said
And much of what she did
I don't doubt that she meant well
While drifting and wounded

But it's a game she plays
A game I'd never win
Those days aren't coming back
To change the state I'm in

In the darkness I forgot that the game was all about
Making up reality, and jealousy, and doubt
I bow out

Everything I am
Or what I used to be
Is not part of the hollow shell
Of the man that you see

All the time unsure
All my days, a waste
Never knowing where I stood
Much less which way I face

In the darkness I forgot that the game was all about
Making up reality, and jealousy, and doubt
I bow out


Writer(s): Mark O. Everett, Michael David Sawitzke
album: "The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett" (2014)
Eels - The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett album cover
Where I'm At
(Instrumental)
To Dig It
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Lonely Lockdown Hurricane
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Bow Out
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
A Good Deal
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Good Morning Bright Eyes
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Millicent Don't Blame Yourself
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Thanks I Guess
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
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