::THE LYRICS:: complementary another valentine gone by, no chances taken i rest so self assured, my heart won't be breaking problem averted once again no point in compromising feeling small again, just short of isolation or am i faking... a play for attention what am i advertising? if i'm wearing the same shoes, i must be crazy if i still remember you, i must be crazy "my desires don't match my needs", is what i'm thinking i can't keep up with me, my ship keeps sinking a submarine might save me when i start realizing if i'm wearing the same shoes, i must be crazy if i'm still in love with you, i must be crazy i have every right to be delusional and free to believe we might be complementary looker she was a looker, and i took her to the park i hardly knew her, but i thought i'd make a start kiddie swings and other things that we've long outgrown... all i can think about is how to make this girl my own she was a handful, and she took me by the arm i'd best be careful, 'cause she could break my heart kiddie... at the park we can forget about the little things a swing set takes you anywhere you want to go and in the dark, when all the kids are gone, i'll kiss her on the cheek, and just like the first time, my knees go weak. blockage i tried again, it didn't work out, and now i'm left out, but it's not raining here i should've known i'd be shot down, and oh so let down, i've been here before blocked out from what's been under... consequences couldn't stop me, and now i've lost me, not soon to be found adolescent reminiscing, something was missing, and it's still not here blocked out from what's been under underneath the plum tree in the yard blocked out, blocked out again starving i'm losing weight, trimming down, not because i'm working out, but because i'm starving my skin is pale, my lips are thin, my veins are raised and showing green, i'm green with envy. i'm green with envy because i'm starving for affection just a taste won't quell the pains in my heart and in my stomach if i'm held reaching if not now and if not ever, then we'll just talk about the weather and how it makes my hands and feet cold in the summer when i'm starving for affection i can see but i can't catch it, she can't look me in the eye it's tried and true, i've tied my hands, resigned to never understand why i'm starving, but i'm still starving starving for affection palooka she doesn't move me, like you do she doesn't scare me, like i'm used to she doesn't groove me, like those other songs say she's supposed to do but that's alright, 'cause she's mine tonight don't ask me to pull a punch when you're attacking me. you want to turn this into a game i'll call your bluff girl, and put you to shame now it's a contest to see who can make the other double over in pain but that's alright, 'cause that's my kind of fight don't ask me to pull a punch when you're attacking me 'cause i'll send you a photograph of every girl i meet and that'll teach you to fuck with me. oxen three years ago i saw you at my show, i could only hope that you were there to see me you were blonde then and you wouldn't come inside, i cursed the patio that night one year later in the heat of summer, i passed you as i left the party, that night was not my night looking over my right shoulder i saw you watch me leave, i looked again, it happened twice i'm on the stage, but nothing has changed but in time, you'll be mine not long ago i saw you at a show, i didn't know if you would recognize me your hair is black now, your look is so much more uptown, more than once you stared me down i'm on the stage, but nothing has changed but in time, you'll be mine ollie ollie oxen free, you're running away from me... monday monday morning came to be, ten thousand degrees one in ten was not for me can't you see? i'm begging you please, i want you to leave can it be that you can't see, my eyes are on freeze hot and cold is not for me can't you see? i want you to leave... 'cause this just can't be, i'm cutting you free free from my hot head, cold feet, and spleen this just isn't me, not this shade of green i'm taking a stand, now i understand that waiting is what's me not ten thousand degrees it's time i came clean i want you to leave exit pack your best shirt and your favorite pair of shoes you're going somewhere new, where noone knows that you're not cool it's time for a road trip and you guessed it... destination black top, truck stop, pit stop for a soda pop cigarettes and ephedrine, the diet of a champion drive straight through using premium fuel no one knows that you're not cool taking baths in a roadside motel pool the next exit... you know that it's not wrong if you decide to stay there you know there's nothing wrong with the wind in your hair nicety good guys and nice guys and stereotypes with four eyes often times get left behind sometimes the unkind conveniently fail to pay mind, all the rest quickly forgotten and that's fine, fine, fine with me, i will concede fine, fine, fine with me, i will concede with my dignity still intact goodwill and kindness, intentions that help define us, brushed aside if not ignored pushed down and spit on, with nothing but pride to choke on, doesn't mean that this is over and that's fine, fine, fine with me, i will concede fine, fine, fine with me, i will concede with my dignity still intact can it be you've come to your senses? can it be you feel ashamed? was it not what you expected? if you're afraid, nothing will change and that's fine, fine, fine with me, i will concede fine, fine, fine with me, i will concede with my dignity still intact it's not what you think now, you should've known, don't let it deter you keep pushing the buttons, don't ever let up, it's not going to stop now wayne she can't have him, 'cause he won't have her she's in love with wayne, not me and it's not just a passing fantasy she loves wayne, and it's true, he's great he blurs the lines between love and hate but she can't have him, 'cause he won't have her but that doesn't bring her any closer to me we're just friends, but it's not so simple for me yeah she's the one, she's the girl i see in my dreams but i can't have her, 'cause she won't have me and she can't have him , 'cause he won't have her but that doesn't bring her any closer to me still I have come to the realization That she doesn't feel the way that I do And it's all that I can do to fight frustration Knowing all the things I know that I can't do All intentions put aside, I can't hang on for this ride I can't ask her if she likes my new hairdo Or even if she'd like to hear this song And I have come to the realization That things have been this way for much too long All intentions put aside, I can't hang on for this ride It's not fun for me this time I have come to the realization That she doesn't feel the same way that I do But it's all that I can do to hide my elation Knowing all the shit I've put up with is through Knowing that there's nothing left to say or do