save myself
lyrics & music by peter c marinari 8.12.99

you/ you/ you could have been my personal saviour/ better than the boys in blue/ the girls in leather too/ it doesn't need a dissection/ my trust was in your mouth/ my eyes were on your hands and knees/ but you were already heading south// and don't you know you were preaching, teaching me/ don't you know you were shaping, making me/ don't you know i trusted every word you said/ i think i gave it up to soon/ // / watch it snake around my existence/ and leave my favourite parts/ watch me drown in the middle of the floor/ not so hard once you start/ you thought that you could mold me/ you held me up with your brightest star/ you put me up on the stage/ you didn't know that i would come this far// and don't you know you were preaching, teaching me/ don't you know you were shaping, making me/ don't you know i trusted every word you said/ i think i gave it up to soon/ // / i fell so far/ and still i'd say you lifted me up/ i had to run so far/ i had to save myself/ what did i learn from your pictures/ what did i learn from your Book/ and when i sang the songs/ i was letting you save me/ i should have known i'd have to save myself// you gave me my first chance/ at a one night stand/ you said you taught all there was to know/ but it was just all that you could understand/ you could have been my personal saviour/ you could have been my one true god/ but you missed the chance to/ sink in your devil's claws/ i should have known i'd have to save myself/ i should have known i'd have to save myself