CARDSTOCK - Watch Your Tone Lyrics

I've got a lot I've left on my mind
There's a whole encyclopedia of fragments to align
Shut me out, I'd say I'm used to packing up my lines
The preaching of your open ears falls deaf when muting chimes
You say you've had enough but add it up, you'll see
You give yourself the points and duck before I speak
I hate to play this game but it's the only way it seems
So take a look at yourself
Hey, don't wait
Take out the knife I'm feeling
On what basis now?
Conflate my thoughts
Like someone else would speak them
You get why I'm out?
I don't say to treat my words like gospel
While you think I'm your apostle
Your high position got to your head
And it feels f*cking awful
Take five, take a step outside
The pressure's surely mounting
But you could never be wrong in your eyes
And that position's saddening
I love how you protect yourself from decent feedback
But shill the same unjust conditions you say we use to attack
I know you hold yourself quite high above
Hey, don't wait
Take out the knife I'm feeling
On what basis now?
Conflate, my thoughts
Like someone else would speak them
You get why I'm out?
Why I'm out
Sprinkle some harshness
I know it's hard to reap what you sow
So ignore just how those you stepped on before
Are better off on their own
Little notes of cynical remorse
As hollow as fumes
You spit from your mouth as you let out words I'd no doubt regret spilling out if I were you
I don't wanna talk about if I can cut a loss
Or take unfair uneven compromises
Spending days just analyzing
My approach to criticizing
Paradoxes you're espousing
Closed off saying that you're open
There's no use so go ahead
Turn away
Save the stress for another day
Know you'll weasel out some way
Pay the price for not reflecting
Go ahead
Close your eyes
You're best in your head
So go hide