《Compliment?》歌词

[00:00:00] Compliment - The Posies

[00:00:01] Well I've felt worse and I have felt

[00:00:05] Better than this

[00:00:09] I've made a pacifier

[00:00:13] Out of my fist

[00:00:16] Well I don't care when bones are bare

[00:00:20] The mind can't interfere

[00:00:24] And what I've said outside my head

[00:00:28] Anyone can hear

[00:00:32] Maybe I praise you 'cause I cannot praise myself

[00:00:38] Won't you just take

[00:00:40] A compliment from me

[00:00:44] Perhaps they're understated

[00:00:46] And a little overmasked

[00:00:50] If they were hand delivered

[00:00:52] It would be more than I could ask

[00:00:55] Forwardness ain't my business

[00:01:00] But you can fish for compliments

[00:01:03] While I beg for forgiveness

[00:01:08] I'd like to reap the flatteries I sow

[00:01:12] But I really cast seeds of doubt

[00:01:15] Looks like you take them from everyone

[00:01:18] And everyone hands them out

[00:01:20] Self mutilation just ain't my trip

[00:01:23] But now this is worth the trouble

[00:01:26] Cut me open with your laughter

[00:01:29] I bleed complementary colors

[00:01:32] Tender seedlings trampled

[00:01:35] And overwatered boughs

[00:01:39] Won't you just take

[00:01:41] A compliment from me

[00:01:44] Perhaps they're overstated

[00:01:47] And a little undermasked

[00:01:50] If they were what I really meant

[00:01:53] It would be more than I could ask

[00:01:56] Forwardness should be my business

[00:02:01] But you can fish for compliments

[00:02:03] While I beg for forgiveness

[00:02:16] Well I have tried every approach

[00:02:19] And they always leave me empty

[00:02:23] But each one has it's special way

[00:02:26] Of making everyone contempt me

[00:02:30] It seems rather selfish to want to be loved

[00:02:34] Or to love and expect you to care

[00:02:37] But my batteries don't run on flattery

[00:02:40] And it just gets me nowhere

[00:02:44] Oh when was I ever promised

[00:02:47] I'd get back all that I gave

[00:02:51] But I wouldn't care if you'd take

[00:02:53] A compliment from me

[00:02:57] Perhaps it's too late

[00:03:00] Or too much to expect

[00:03:03] But compliments that come no strings attached

[00:03:05] Well they're certainly the best

[00:03:08] Thing for me I adore you

[00:03:13] But you can fish for compliments

[00:03:16] And I won't be there to bore you