A captive audience

A Captive Audience - The Velvet Teen

i'm gonna make it go away, like it never happened

like the author ran out of ink, before you got to me

it doesn't matter, you have your answer

my breath upon yer hand

my breath upon yer hand

cos we're never far from another life

but i never wanted to make you spend the night

with yer loneliest thoughts

will you come around this time

will i be left here

ooh, love

when so proudly we fail and all the optimists sing

"yeah, we'll be that far"

when we'll be that far behind

it's the drug distraction

they'll scream when i kick

but for every moment that i get too close

to the faceless void from which i stumbled

it's only because my heart swells over

and i misinterpret it, i dwell on my failures

cos i had parents who taught me to love

yeah, love was something

they never knew

they never cared about you anyway

a hope vicarious, a captive audience

even the people that you call your friends

can fuck you over in the subtlest ways

it'll be your comfort that you're always alone

they never cared about you anyway

they never cared

they never care so much

as when you've lost your way

fire and brimstone where they lay me

heaven help us for a way to get out of here

ooh, love