Clever (The Blackbird Session)

[Intro]

Being clever's just my safety net

[Verse 1]

I hide behind my cadence

I hide behind the wall

I built so tall the weakness never spills

I hide all my burdens

I twist my words so well

I'm breaking, but the lie is what I sell

[Chorus]

If I'm clever, you might never understand

I feel like death and me are walking hand in hand

When my happiness is hanging by a thread, I finally feel content

Being clever's just my safety net

[Verse 2]

I tell you I feel better

I tell you I can sleep

I hope that it will bring a sense of peace

But the nights are getting darker

The day becomes so bleak

Another day I'm conscious is another day I bleed

[Chorus]

If I'm clever, you might never understand

I feel like death and me are walking hand in hand

When my happiness is hanging by a thread, I finally feel content

I'm so messed up and inconsistent in my head

I feel my passing only benefits my friends

When I know nothing I say matters in the end, I finally feel content

Being clever's just my safety net

[Verse 3]

I'm out of ways to answer

I'm out of metaphors

I finally got so sick, there is no cure

I'm out of ways to answer

I'm out of metaphors

I finally got so sick, there is no cure

Oh, oh

Oh, oh

[Chorus]

If I'm clever, you might never understand

I feel like death and me are walking hand in hand

When my happiness is hanging by a thread, I finally feel content

So messed up and inconsistent in my head

I feel my passing only benefits my friends

When I know nothing I say matters in the end, I finally feel content

Being clever's just my safety net