[Smevz]

A charmless man, who's really a harmless fan

Of relieving seething demons three fingers per ardent hand

Sippin' his liquor quicker than a bic's flicker regardless that

He's been wishin' to quit the swishin' because he's an armless lad

Starts to take charge, but it's hard with a guardless jab

And a scarred heart too smart to embark on such artless plans

The suffering is smothering, he's wondering how long the darkness lasts

'Til he's struggling, crumbling, then guzzling right back where he started at

The worst thing about his drinking is thinkin' that it gets him better

When really it's bringin' his feelings right up to a heated bettor

Who's ready to sever his fingers if ever he can't get 'em

The payment he claims that he's makin' when everything is said and

Done, and that's the fun of self-medication

Exchangin' all his pain for some chemically bent elation

And it works at first but then he's left with defective ventilation

Leavin' him weak, unable to breathe, and gettin' near his expiration

[Hook]

Like a game show host, he's a game show host

Just a game show host, plastic as wax like a game show host

A hollow game show host, plastic smile like a game show host

Just another game show host, nobody's home cuz you're a game show host

[Lish]

She's confused and alone, she comes from a broken home

She needs to make money, so in these streets she roams

Looking for a place she can just call her own

More than bein' called Ivory over the microphone

She reaches the stage, she feels a lump up in her throat

The music starts to play, she can't turn back, so here she goes

Takes a shot, slams it back - burnin' in her throat and nose

She despises survin' by slidin' out of her clothes

For a bunch of greedy assholes that she don't even know

She's a daughter, she's a sister, but they just call her ho

Objectified, she's petrified, it kills her although -

She hides it with that smile during every show

So what does she do? She goes and gets herself pregnant

Well when is she due? I think it's June that she's expectin'

And what's with the do? She never gives her hair attention

She looks so subdued, cuz her dude reduces her to remnants

[Hook]

[Smevz]

At night he covers his ears in tears

The man downstairs must've drank too many beers

Sincerely seething and needin' to save her from here

Bust as much as he loves his mother, he's so weakened with fear

It's clear, that all he can do is try not to listen

To the stiff fists hittin', to just sit and envision

A position in which he can give assistance dismissin' the villain

Fixed beyond recognition and gettin' no willin' mortician

The son watches the clock crawl 'til the sun crawls in

And he's called down for breakfast again

But the coffee and the eggs, and the sausage on his plate

And the make-up on her face can't erase what he did

Before he goes to school he's givin' his mother an embrace

Knowin' nobody can save them, nobody can take 'em away

Thinkin' that maybe he'll be able to take revenge one day

But 'til then he's gotta hide it all and just look brave

[Hook]

[Lish]

Just when you think you've heard it all before

Somethin' really happens to erode your soul to the core

He's turnin' ninety eight today, and it feels like a chore

So lonely from deliverin' his wife to death's door

She was his map, now he's lost without her

Now where's he at, cuz his soul's devoured

She was the reason he was breathin' but it seems that fate deceived him

Ill-received, he can't believe that she would really up and leave him

She's been gone for three years, yet he swears she's still here

All these realizations finally gettin' him feelin' his fear

That he needs to accept, that he's lost his best friend

Seventy years of companionship, that's it, that's the end

All the places he's been, all the things that he's seen

Leaves him thinkin' that maybe there's nowhere left for he to be

Now he won't say a lie and state tonight he's hating his life

But it's just he's lost his drive without his wife, he's waiting to die