Recorded live at Influence Music Hall, Hillsboro, OR, 2/9/18.

Lyrics

Can’t see a thing, but I know it’s there, I can hear it, feel it, taste it everywhere
That game was rigged, I knew it all along, I might be crazy but that doesn’t mean I’m wrong

Back when I was the size of a fire hydrant, I asked could I play, and they said no you can’t
But lo, I was stubborn, wouldn’t accept a no, so they said if you really want to then let’s go
And they gave me a blindfold, taped bricks to my legs, laid out a 10 mile path of Faberge eggs
Then they said now walk backwards, relax and have fun
But we’ll have to kill you if you step on one
But my other senses told me even though I couldn’t see
No one else got bricks or blindfolds but me

And I can’t see a thing, but I know it’s there, I can hear it, feel it, taste it everywhere
That game was rigged, I knew it all along, I might be crazy but that doesn’t mean I’m wrong

I know my eyes have tricked me so many times, watched myself commit imaginary crimes
Saw love in people’s faces when all they felt was hate and I saw hate when they thought I was great
It was like whenever I was dying of thirst, I’d see a cold drink machine and I’d get out my purse
Then I’d put in my money, watch it pull back the coil
And then spit out a bottle of motor oil
(And when I told them they said) With all your senses always cranked up to 13,
How could you know what really came out of that cold drink machine?

And I can’t see a thing, but I know it’s there, I can hear it, feel it, taste it everywhere
That game was rigged, I knew it all along, I might be crazy but that doesn’t mean I’m wrong

Gonna tell it to the hands, tell it to the hands
Spoken: There it goes, flap, flap, flap! Yeah! What do you think, hand, are you ready to do something else? Okay, let's do it.
(no chord, clapping) They say people like me have empty souls and no hearts
And blank little minds, we can’t make art
But finally someone believes me, said what they said wasn’t true
But you can’t do it like them, you gotta do it like you
And that’s when I grew
(plays guitar again)
Grew to believe that it was real, that I was real, I wasn’t faking
Grew to believe in all the gorgeous things I could be making, grew to believe it
Grew to believe it, grew to believe me, grew to believe me, yeah
And now I know exactly what all of this was for
‘Cause now it doesn’t matter anymore, anymore

If I can’t see a thing, ‘cause I know it’s there, I can hear it, feel it, taste it everywhere
That game was rigged, I knew it all along, I might be crazy but that doesn’t mean I’m wrong
That game was rigged, I knew it all along, I might be crazy but that doesn’t mean I’m wrong, no no no no no