Fed and Watered

There was a wait in the water

A weight in the air

If I'd waited any longer an additional fare

And they can keep you around like a head on a stake

I guess the industry found a use for my name sake

I built my callouses up

From fooling on the guitar

I keep them hard in the midst of what seems soft and bizarre

And ephemeral notions like a song are a curse

Offering a return but making me feel worse

If you want to quit, you should quit like a winner

Cut your losses and extricate yourself from the bidding

And tell your friends that you could've if you'd wanted to

And tell yourself that it's strong to make a hard call

And when the others are all fed and watered

You're still betting and cheering her on

By then I'll bet you'll be gone

So I sit in the meantime and sharpen my teeth

And encode all the bitterness I choose to bequeath

But if 1 = C then your A = 3 but the encryption just adds to the mendacity

Now I'm on top of the water

Still suppressed by the air

I earn my wage on a track that's almost totally bare

Of the things I expected when I first got the itch

I'd turn it off if only there existed a switch

And if you want to quit, you should quit like a winner

Cut your losses and extricate yourself from the bidding

And tell your friends that you could've if you'd wanted to

And tell yourself that it's strong to make a hard call

And if you wanna try you should try like a loser

Who keeps on betting their life on a slow horse

And every year well she gets a little more tired

You're still betting, cheering her on

By then I'll bet you'll be gone

Sometimes I get to a point where little problems seem too big for me

And then I let them unravel like a line in the ocean sinking down into the density

And when the pressure becomes the same amount as what's inside of me

Well I can sink and explode or hold my breath until I float

I gamble on my own biology

The barnacles on the ladder bleed my feet while they set a good

Example in tenacity

And if you want to quit, you should quit like a winner

Cut your losses and extricate yourself from the bidding

And tell your friends that you could've if you'd wanted to

And tell yourself that it's strong to make a hard call

And if you wanna try you should try like a loser

Who keeps on betting their life on a slow horse

And every year well she gets a little more tired

You're still betting, cheering her on

And when the others are all fed and watered

You're still betting and cheering her on

Yeah, you're still betting and cheering her on

By then I'll bet you'll be gone

By then I'll bet you'll be gone

By then I'll bet you'll be gone

By then I'll bet you'll be gone