(Use It) If You Can Use It - Idlewild

Yeah I spoke to him once

And he never looked up

Even though I stood there talking for the longest time

It was as if I was acting out lines

Someone else had written

And unwillingly they’d become mine

Lines like I worn out my ambition because I soaked it in wine

Use it if you can use it

And you tell me that I’m not but I tell you what

I’m entitled to what’s rightfully mine

Use it if you can use it

It’s a wreckage out there

But there’s a heartbeat behind every door

An infinite menu

Of invisible lives

I have followed that smile but for how long

Your dull eyes shine just enough

Like two dirty copper coins looking up

from the bottom of the old wishing well

You know that I wore out my ambitions

I soaked them in wine

Use it if you can use it

I’m in that photograph

But it was taken before I was actually alive

Life is long if you know how to use it

If we all joined in

With the life you’re living

Living in skill you’ve been given

All the things that you’ve done and you do to yourself

It was spread out like a dream on the ground

Dreams like that should not be wasted

Happiness is not a gift you’re given

Hate and guilt they are western traditions

You’re rehearsing and within insanity

And we are only human

And we’re all sharing the same moon

Sharing the same moon