Compliment? Lyrics - Failure - Posies

Well I've felt worse and I have felt 

Better than this 

I've made a pacifier 

Out of my fist 

Well I don't care when bones are bare 

The mind can't interfere 

And what I've said outside my head 

Anyone can hear 

Maybe I praise you 'cause I cannot praise myself 

Won't you just take 

A compliment from me? 

Perhaps they're understated 

And a little overmasked 

If they were hand delivered 

It would be more than I could ask 

Forwardness ain't my business 

But you can fish for compliments 

While I beg for forgiveness 

I'd like to reap the flatteries I sow 

But I really cast seeds of doubt 

Looks like you take them from everyone 

And everyone hands them out 

Self mutilation just ain't my trip 

But now this is worth the trouble 

Cut me open with your laughter 

I bleed complementary colors 

Tender seedlings trampled 

And overwatered boughs 

Won't you just take a compliment from me? 

Perhaps they're overstated 

And a little undermasked 

If they were what I really meant 

It would be more than I could ask 

Forwardness should be my business 

But you can fish for compliments 

While I beg for forgiveness 

Well I have tried every approach 

And they always leave me empty 

But each one has it's special way 

Of making everyone contempt me 

It seems rather selfish to want to be loved 

Or to love and expect you to care 

But my batteries don't run on flattery 

And it just gets me nowhere 

Oh when was I ever promised 

I'd get back all that I gave? 

But I wouldn't care if you'd take a compliment from me 

Perhaps it's too late 

Or too much to expect 

But compliments that come no strings attached 

Well, they're certainly the best 

Thing for me, I adore you 

But you can fish for compliments 

And I won't be there to bore you