Lost My Touch

Ah-oh Ah-oh [Verse 1: Max Bemis] Some say I've lost my touch at crafting Say Anything songs I suppose I'll let you take my place on stage It's not a difficult job to supplant, young one And you're twice as insightful at half my age Just string together lines of smug, self-loathing bile Bare the chip, your shoulder holds the weight Wield your aged thesaurus, bludgeon ignorance Clutch the awkward fifteen pounds you've grown to hate [Chorus 1: Max Bemis] The truth is One day, you will be greater than I The truth is One day, I will be eclipsed The thought of it Brings a warm smile to my face Cos I've lived And bled For this [Verse 2: Max Bemis & Christie DuPree] So grapple with your sexual misconduct and Your drug use in a blunt, acerbic verse And grate your voice and make a choice to hibernate It's the better half of us that live the worse Maybe if you're lucky, you'll shed corporate ties Out there on your own, no sealed income With rejects and misfits for friends, no shot at fame Simmering in the glow of the angels in your home [Chorus 2: Max Bemis] The truth is I'm warm in the blanket of my niche The truth is How you sing back makes me cry There are many taught a love forgot ain't worth a damn Not I It will keep breathing when I die [Outro: Jeremy Bolm & Christie DuPree] What's left to do but keep those words and phrases away? The ones we all knew and live in fear to claim I never say, "Washed up," as I prefer to say, "Washed over" Because you can drown in the love of yesterdays Cos you can drown in the love of yesterdays Because you can drown in the love of yesterdays Cos you can drown in the love of yesterdays Love of yesterdays Of yesterdays