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Inner Child

from Try To Want Less by Invisible Engine

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I really did once have a girlfriend who told me that my inner-child was crippled. At the time it struck me as being extremely, startlingly insightful. At any rate, it's always stuck with me.
We didn't really have the healthiest of relationships.
I can't remember if I ever had a relationship that could be considered "healthy". A romantic relationship, that is. My friendships are all extremely healthy. Except for the parts that aren't

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Inner Child
She never tried to tell me what to do
& Couldn't care that much about you
It doesn't matter that I'm not her kind
She's out of sight & I'm out of my mind
But you know everything's fine when we go...

She said we smelled like sweat and fuck
Lately I'm willing to push my dumb luck
She doesn't worry that I'm not one of the gang
& smiles politely when I dip into old slang
She knows whenever we hang that we'll go...

& I can tell
By the way she grips my hair
She doesn't notice how I'm fighting for air
Sometimes it costs too much to care
Now we're out of here

I've got a million little ways
Evading every question
She threw me into a daze
But did I forget to mention
The unequivical silence
Perhaps our best invention
With unlimited milage
& All the best intentions

I used to be so self-controlled but now I've got to break through
She said my inner child was crippled & I guess that's true
I don't talk about my feelings much anymore
If I don't like it, I know how to find the door
We ended up on the floor, where we'd go bang bang bang

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from Try To Want Less, released September 1, 2018

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Invisible Engine Cincinnati, Ohio

Invisible Engine is action-packed, anti-establishment, and really into hyphens.
We have a lot of influences, but we try to forge ahead along the path begun by the likes of Phil Ochs, Stiff Little Fingers, New Model Army, the Dischord Records crew, and so many others.
Actually, if you give a good listen to Chickenshit Conformist by Dead Kennedys you'll have a fairly decent grasp of our "philosophy" ... more

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