Yellow Teeth

[Verse 1]

Passing judgment with haste and laying to waste

Those who stand before us and dishonor the faith

A dramatic opinion, but an opinion the same

An attempt now to make right, not to enthrall or defame

An opinion piece, one after another

Laid fat from feast, one after another

[Chorus]

A man is nothing more than what others claim he is

So speak clear and ill of me and so it will be

The grating sound of my voice

The yellowing of my teeth

Speak up

Speak clear

Speak ill of me

Speak up

Speak clear

Speak ill of me

[Verse 2]

I found myself awake last night

May the players take their place

Repeat their lines exactly to my public disgrace

The years exaggerate how horrible it was

To be stricken silent with no explanation for the cause

I can’t be the only one losing sleep

Over things I should or shouldn’t have done

[Refrain]

They are the rope around the neck

They are the blade pressed to the wrist

It might seem detrimental, but it’s meaningless

[Bridge]

Left to my own devices, I am strange

I’m a liar—entertained

[Refrain]

They are the rope around the neck

They are the blade pressed to the wrist

It might seem detrimental, but it’s meaningless

They are the rope around the neck

They are the blade pressed to the wrist

It might seem detrimental, but it’s meaningless

[Chorus]

A man is nothing more than what others claim he is

So speak clear and ill of me and so it will be

The grating sound of my voice

The yellowing of my teeth

Speak up

Speak clear

Speak ill of me

Speak up

Speak clear

Speak ill of me

[Outro]

I am no one to be reviled

I am no one to be admired

Jumping rope at the end of the street

I am everyone, and everyone is me