Zae Tinaza - Crooked Spine (spoken word) Lyrics

These aches and pains I know so well
Have followed me like an old pet
Faithfully
From house to house to house
I know when I wake
They will be here again to greet me
Welcoming me to the new day
They (like a pair of ol' d worn out shoes)
Remind me that I'm still alive
They help me to appreciate
The moments
When I can actually walk
Upright
Vertical
Like the rest of the homo sapiens
A few years of suffering
Can make one feel quite crazy
I guess, maybe I am
Crazy that is
I try not to let it show
Straight-faced
And self-assured
But it does, at times
Leak it's way through the gates of my tear ducts
I cried a river last night (I never
Was one for swimming; or
Fishing for that matter
And I don't even own a boat)
And I shed each tear in regret
Of something
Past tense in my life

These aches and pains I know so well
Have followed me like an old pet
Faithfully
From house to house to house
I know when I wake
They will be here again to greet me
Welcoming me to the new day
They (like a pair of ol' d worn out shoes)
Remind me that I'm still alive
They help me to appreciate
The moments
When I can actually walk
Upright
Vertical
Like the rest of the homo sapiens
A few years of suffering
Can make one feel quite crazy
I guess, maybe I am
Crazy that is
I try not to let it show
Straight-faced
And self-assured
But it does, at times
Leak it's way through the gates of my tear ducts
I cried a river last night (I never
Was one for swimming; or
Fishing for that matter
And I don't even own a boat)
And I shed each tear in regret
Of something
Past tense in my life