Lyrics

PROPER WRECK

You are what you read about now everyone is love
Could this be how to interpret what's above?
The always unfortunate soul self-trampled heart
Believe the news and the anecdotes they choose
I used to say that at thirty I'd give it up

A proper wreck I feel nothing
Wasting life I'm your casualty
In denial I refuse treatment
And hurt myself and my family
What to do with me then I'm gone

While trying to avoid the safe dull me
Usable in all situations
I neglected to see the long term
I lived for each day
And now each day drags on and on the same
While I'm too busy barely functioning you do beautiful things

A proper wreck I feel nothing
Wasting life I'm your casualty
I let you down systems failure
I cannot handle the day to day
What's the date today I step out

Fighting off intervention
Don't congregate here to pity me
Seeking out a working scapegoat
The kind that keeps me from 'fessing up
The kind that aids in my trickery
The kind that fixes this proper wreck and makes it all go away

A proper wreck

Running off
It's my duty to share my life with my family
But I choose to be alone
Wasting life I'm your casualty
What to do with me then I'm gone

Lyrics by Darren Garvey (Darren Garvey Music, BMI)