Geraldine Lyrics - Grey Tickles, Black Pressure - John Grant

The paranoia, the uncertainty 

The stupid knowing way they're grinning when they look at me 

They say it's me, how do they know 

My mind and body have betrayed me and it shows 

My brain reboots each time the sun begins to shine 

And if I didn't know better then i'd swear to you that it's not mine 

I can't control my face, I can't avoid that furrowed brow 

Would've thought they'd send someone right over to show me how 

Geraldine, please tell me that you didn't have to put up with this shit 

Geraldine, please tell me that you didn't have to do it... like the others 

We're not like them, we're not that strong 

At least that's what they have been telling us all along 

Geraldine, please tell me that it wasn't that way for you... 

You are a grown up now, the program is complete 

And everybody knows this because of the things you say when you speak 

You know the drill, it's time to kill 

And if you won't they'll find somebody else who will 

This is a hostile world don't act like you weren't told 

Nobody's gonna buy that noise if you talk like that when you get old 

Don't lose your cool, don't come unglued, be a man 

Don't walk into the light it's a trap dear Carol Anne