Black Tar Water - Bent Knee

I made myself strong

By getting my skin numb

And loosening up the thumbs

By pumping out the black tar water

I made myself real

By ripping up magazines

And staving off disease

By pumping out the black tar water

I made my friends leave

With tightrope at their knees

And laughing when they sneeze

I’m throwing up the black tar water

I start to tell it wrong

While singing in a song

Where robbers held up guns

They’re shooting out the black tar water

Dripping off follicles

Seeping out my pores

Filling up my lungs

Oh my my

Dripping off follicles

Seeping out my pores

Filling up my lungs

Oh oh my my

My black tar water

My black tar water

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