99% Of Us Is Failure Lyrics - Matthew Good Band

I know that it's bad 

That it's the kind that they can't operate on 

And I know it's real slow, honey 

Painful and real slow 

Styrofoam coffee cups 

And bagged drugs that never work enough 

And I know its real slow, honey 

Painful and real slow 

When we were young 

And hit like hammers 

I'd write the nails in your hands 

But when 99% of us is failure 

There's no going back 

And I know its real slow, honey 

Painful and real slow 

Blackbird come the break of dawn 

The TV's on, I turn it off 

Walk outside, get in the car 

Stare at the wheel then fall apart 

I get it all the time 

Bright eyes to bat and hide behind 

But I know they're just for show, honey 

Painful and just for show 

Black rooms to babysit 

White halls to pace and wait for it 

And I know it's too slow, honey 

Painful and real slow 

When we were young 

And hit like hammers 

I'd write the nails in your hands 

When 99% of us is failure 

There's no coming back 

And I know its real slow, honey 

Painful and real slow 

Blackbird come the break of day 

You swallow the shit that people say 

Walk outside look at the sky 

Ask it to fall or tell you why