Only Yourself - Kevin Devine

No choice for the feeling but to fester

No chance I could cover it with my shell

No shade at the center of the center

You think you’re someone

Who thinks he’s somebody else

But you’re only yourself

You’re only yourself

You’re only yourself

You’re only yourself

The death march of complexity and context

High art how we cannibalized ourselves

The real threat oils up and shovels popcorn

You swear it’s someone

Turns out it’s somebody else

You’re only yourself

You’re only yourself

You’re only yourself

You’re only yourself

Come on inside

Sleep in my skull

Hole in my head

And I never feel full

The weight of the world

Is a nursery rhyme:

«We've got nothing but time»

Full stop at the genesis of language

No words for the bottomless depths we felt

Black bark chokes the forest of our knowledge

I can’t be someone

I can’t be somebody else

I’m only myself

I’m only myself

I’m only myself

I’m only myself

I’m only myself

I’m only myself

I’m only myself

I’m only myself