Lyrics for I Am an Island as interpreted by flashfyer

I Am an Island Lyrics
Mostly, I sleep it off
It’s easier in the morning
To shrug off the evening’s
Drunken, pathetic pleas
Because the night’s tragic rambling
Is the next day’s apology
So if you can sit tight until the sun hits the blinds
We can settle everything

Turning on a dime
I just can’t trust my instincts
One day my heart beats with passion
The next it waxes black
If I seem a little callous
I assure you it’s just a scratch
So if you can hold on until the mood swings are gone
Then we might just have a chance

Baby, I quit
I just can’t fake it anymore
I’m a cold, jaded, selfish, abusive, dysfunctional fuck up
I’m needing to be rescued
I’m stranded on myself
And I can’t escape from this island I’ve made
I’m afraid I never will

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babyME
06-15-2002

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reminds me of a fucker i know

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pavement
07-26-2002

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i love this song so much. i love this band. yes i do.

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hourafterdark
07-28-2002

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This song sounds like a theme for me... I love these guys, man...I love em *sniff*

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JennyMayKay
03-05-2003

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Haha..."One day my heart beats with passion,
The next it waxes black." Hi, Andrew.

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EmoMcGee
04-30-2003

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This song is amazing to me.
Means so much.
im moving on and this helps me for some reason.

i cant help, i have mood swings im a girl.

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Stevo
05-09-2003

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this bothers me cuz i recognize too closely with this track. esp. 'the cold jaded selfish abusive dysfunctional fuck up' bit. too true.

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armageddonshoes
09-23-2004

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i played this song for my ex because it described him perfectly, I think. go tim<3

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brokenspoons
01-05-2005

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I learned a couple weeks ago that the lead singer of the band is Tim for cursive, which is really cool, and now I'm listening to them alot. Their lyrics are honest, brutal, but honest. I really like them.

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promisexkept
01-29-2005

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this song is great- I just bought Album of The Year and now I really want Black Out as well.
Great song to sing along to.

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ThingsIHaventToldU
04-16-2005

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black out is an awesome cd, i would venture to say better than album of the year, despite what the latter's title might try and say.

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helsabot
06-22-2005

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definitely agree with ThingsIHaventToldU. Black Out is still one of my favorite CDs.
tim kasher has a way of using the most simple words in such an honest way. i can relate to this song a lot

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McWatt
02-24-2006

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...it's probably not a good thing I relate to this song quite well.

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intothedakrk
03-08-2006

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has anyone ever thought of this in tearms of simon and garfuncles "i am a rock" just curious, i wonder if there is any parallel. i think the island medaphor is strong.

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focused
06-21-2006

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No man is an island, entire of itself
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main
if a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were,
as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were
any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind
and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls
it tolls for thee.


-- John Donne

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plasticflowers
03-13-2007

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"If I seem a little callous
I assure you it’s just a scratch"

i never seem to get over how clever that is

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klave
06-05-2007

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plasticflowers, I was just thinking the exact same thing!

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skankyrart
07-24-2007

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all too often I feel like this

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