Compliment? Lyrics:Well Ive felt worse and I have felt

Better than this

Ive made a pacifier

Out of my fist



Well I dont care when bones are bare

The mind cant interfere

And what Ive said outside my head

Anyone can hear



Maybe I praise you cause I cannot praise myself

Wont you just take

A compliment from me?



Perhaps theyre understated

And a little overmasked

If they were hand delivered

It would be more than I could ask



Forwardness aint my business

But you can fish for compliments

While I beg for forgiveness



Id like to reap the flatteries I sow

But I really cast seeds of doubt

Looks like you take them from everyone

And everyone hands them out



Self mutilation just aint my trip

But now this is worth the trouble

Cut me open with your laughter

I bleed complementary colors



Tender seedlings trampled

And overwatered boughs

Wont you just take

A compliment from me?



Perhaps theyre overstated

And a little undermasked

If they were what I really meant

It would be more than I could ask



Forwardness should be my business

But you can fish for compliments

While I beg for forgiveness



Well I have tried every approach

And they always leave me empty

But each one has its special way

Of making everyone contempt me



It seems rather selfish to want to be loved

Or to love and expect you to care

But my batteries dont run on flattery

And it just gets me nowhere



Oh when was I ever promised

Id get back all that I gave?

But I wouldnt care if youd take

A compliment from me



Perhaps its too late

Or too much to expect

But compliments that come no strings attached-aca