Half the Gold (All the Cancer)

from I Oughta... (Deluxe Reissue) by Ugly Pompous Grin

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Dear Rosalina, I have tried and I have failed
To keep my faithful eyes upon you
I fear this time I might have gone too far
I treaded carefully and turned to you with open arms
But now all I smell is coconut
And the remnants of my barren heart
Oh, our flatline love was never hopeful from the start
So flee this brothel of my poorly-crafted lies
And leave me, leave me on my own
I've painted you so many strange colors in my mind
To justify the lies I told my Rosalina
Rosie, I have tried and failed you a second time
Dear Rosalina, know that I, I adore you
Oh, our flatline love was never hopeful from the start
So flee this brothel of my poorly-crafted lies
And leave me, leave me on my own
Dear Rosalina, it seems like months
Since I've been writing you these letters
You'd think that I'd know better
But I don't know no better
But I'm a liar, I said I'd built the fire
But I had only seen it
I didn't mean it when I said that I would try
Recall I said that I'm a liar
But I have tried and I have failed a billion times
You know that I
I said I built the fire but I hadn't even seen it
I didn't mean it when I said that I would try
I think that I'm alone
You say you think that I'd know better
But it's apparent I will never know no better
But I'm not alone, I see you out my bedroom window
I see your face, your lights are off
Your posessions in every corner of my home
Dear Rosalina, I have tried
But I haven't failed to show you this time
Oh, our flatline love was never hopeful from the start

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from I Oughta... (Deluxe Reissue), released March 18, 2012

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