One look at a better proximity/friend inspection, find enemies
Investigate when pressure preys, you a friend to me? no penalty?
In Tennessee, Ohio, they make chemistry, no vials
Texas where the hearts are bigger
Same goes for guns, they pull triggers
Go figure, chitter chatter, they leave reputations all shattered
All tattered, torn, worn out by the blood that words can make splatter
All flattery and no real, truth based on how they feel
They might not scar but they do scab
And you never know how they peel
I won’t let ‘em open old wounds, they’re too fickle to give control to
And their brand of grace has no room
I need them to budge, they won’t move
I don’t lose my cool to these thieves, consider this official reprieve
It’s just difficult to trust people when they make truth so hard to believe

Hook:
Don’t wanna face it
They wanna fake it
They see a reputation and they wanna break it
Can’t get complacent
With smiling faces
People don’t really care

I want to have belief in these humans
They want to take it from me
I try to give my attention to ruin
They wanna blame it on me
One look at a better proximity/don’t I just know the drill
These sucker friends want my time/I call it overkill
They wanna tie something (Tyson) down, Evander Holyfield
They’ll turn to bite me, story of my life, man, just roll the reel
But I won’t let ‘em open old wounds, they’re too fickle to give control to
Watch how they leaving so soon/fair-weather friends, no gloom
No storm, no clouds, except on my side of this town
They’ll blame it on me when the friendship comes t-t-t-tumbling down

Hook

One look at a better proximity/you a friend to me? no penalty?
One look at a better proximity
One look at a better proximity/you a friend to me? you a friend to me?
Go figure, chitter chatter/ya’ll words just really don’t matter
Ya’ll feet just go pitter patter/you busybodies busy?
You turn your back so much/I’m amazed that you don’t get dizzy
Don’t pitch me with your forked tongue/you busybodies, busy
Smear names all over the city/hmm, pity

They want to bring it down
They want to bring something down
Watch out, they want to bring something down

Hook