Typical

Laura Marling · My Manic and I, EP [2007]

Again I let jealousy blind me today.

My oldest friend, and I blew her away

Just a few kind words, and all I could say

Was I've known you, what, ten years and it feels like a day



And I watched her cry

Torn apart at the hands of a child



Again I used arrogance as something to depend

Condemned all religion to a pitiless end

And a politician's resonance rang through my mind

Patriotic in one sense, in the other just blind



And oh, so many die

Torn apart at the hands of a child



I'll keep on going, I've got nothing to lose

I gave up morals when I took up you.

And it's boring to hear of another young truth

What a typically shit thing to do



And I was so shallow to the one man who stuck around

Sunk so low that I nearly drowned

And I screamed of his heart when he wasn't around

Consoled him recklessly, I knew he was down



Oh, I watched him cry

A broken heart at the hands of a child



And I'll keep on going, I've got nothing to lose

I gave up morals when I took up you

And it's boring to hear of another young truth

What a typically shit thing to do



And I have felt heartbreak too and I know what it feels like

And I have felt heartbreak, now you can leave me alone, right?

I have felt loneliness and I know what it feels like



And I'll keep on going, I've got nothing to lose

I gave up morals when I took up booze

And it's boring to hear of another young truth

What a typically shit thing to do