"The Kind Of Man I Am" lyrics

I wish I was ready
When I met you in South Cali
In between bad haircuts
And chainsmoking with no hands
'Cause both of them were busy
Doublefisting whiskey
More concerned with cutting down
On breathing between drinks

In my corner where I know to sit
Away from all the normal kids
Like a dog that's only good
For fear of boot and fist
You saw something the moonlight missed
Something I thought did not exist
Your own Michelangelo
Beneath post nasal drip

If I were you
I would have listened
To my friends
If I were you
I would have listened
To my friends

You kept me a distance
But grew impressed with my persistence
Misread my self hatred
For small dark mysterious
Though I'm slowly getting better
I still can't predict the weather
We brave each time that I'm required
To leave this apartment

'Cause that's the kind of man I am
Ashamed of all the lives I've lived
Haunted by my fingerprints
And the hole in that man's head
You'd think that I've done harder things
Than learn to talk through my feelings
But my therapist – suspiciously
Is to kind to me for that

If I were you
I would have listened
To my friends
If I were you
I would have listened...

I chase your love in between sips
And like a sponge I soak your gifts
Take and take till my sides split
And leave you with nothing
What kind of Disney princess script
Do you fucking think this is
That you could hope this piece of shit
Would turn into a prince

If I were you
I would have listened...

I never lied to you
But I never told you the whole truth
I never lied to you
But I never told you the whole truth

(I never lied to you
But I never told you the whole truth
I never lied to you
But I never told you the whole truth)