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Artist: Eels
Canonical path: /eels/bow-out
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Bow Out
Read Bow Out lyrics by Eels on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Bow Out
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A lot of what she said
And much of what she did
I don't doubt that she meant well
While drifting and wounded
But it's a game she plays
A game I'd never win
Those days aren't coming back
To change the state I'm in
In the darkness I forgot that the game was all about
Making up reality, and jealousy, and doubt
I bow out
Everything I am
Or what I used to be
Is not part of the hollow shell
Of a man that you see
All the time unsure
All my days a waste
Never knowing where I stood
Much less which way I face
In the darkness I forgot that the game was all about
Making up reality, and jealousy, and doubt
I bow out
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