Me on a Good Day

from Empty Words and Empty Gestures by Magpie Instinct

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Dear Lord,
I’m agnostic.
If God existed he’d tear me down
But maybe he’s waiting,
A deathbed conversion could turn me round.

But I’d feel like a cheat though
Being in heaven and feeling down.
Stand with Thomas and Judas.
I’m in Heaven but I’m feeling down.

So if omnipresence is never good enough,
I’ll stick to effervescents,
Two berrocca in my cup.

This is me on a good day.
Never quite good enough.
This is me on a good day.
What’s the point in waking up?

I’ll dig a shallow grave
And I’ll bury my feelings
I should learn to behave.
Stop lying and cheating.

It’s not that I want to
It’s just the easiest way.
Wear my smile like a mask now
and hope to God I can change.

Because I know you can make it better.
I know you can make it better.

This is me on a good day.

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from Empty Words and Empty Gestures, released February 19, 2014
Words: Cox
Music: Cox & Everett

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Magpie Instinct Cardiff, UK

Magpie Instinct is the musical project of songwriting partnership, Tim Cox and Hugh Everett from Cardiff formed in the Autumn of 2011. Combining a love for guitar-pop melodies, catchy choruses and dreamily driven soundscapes with witty confessions of melancholy, spite and resentment to produce a triumphantly bittersweet sound. ... more

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