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You used to feel like a smoker shivering in the cold
Waiting outside the bar 'til the opener's over
But now you feel like a drinker 20 days off the sauce
Down at the liquor store trying to call your sponsor
You used to feel like the forest fire burning,
But now you feel like a child throwing tantrums for your turn
You used to sound like a prophet
Everyone wanted to know
How you could tell the truth without losing that soft glow
But now you feel like a salesman closing another deal
Or some drunk ship captain raging after the white whale
You used to feel like a forest fire burning
But now you feel like a child throwing tantrums
And then some
You used to feel like the prodigal returning
But now,
Now you hate what you've made
And you want to watch it burn
Waiting outside the bar 'til the opener's over
But now you feel like a drinker 20 days off the sauce
Down at the liquor store trying to call your sponsor
You used to feel like the forest fire burning,
But now you feel like a child throwing tantrums for your turn
You used to sound like a prophet
Everyone wanted to know
How you could tell the truth without losing that soft glow
But now you feel like a salesman closing another deal
Or some drunk ship captain raging after the white whale
You used to feel like a forest fire burning
But now you feel like a child throwing tantrums
And then some
You used to feel like the prodigal returning
But now,
Now you hate what you've made
And you want to watch it burn
Lyrics submitted by windowbird
Track duration: 03:44
"Lost My Shape" as written by David Shannon Bazan
Lyrics © BUG MUSIC
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Listen to the Starflyer 59 song "Broken Arm (Feat. David Bazan)" from the album Ghosts of The Past. It's the lyrics from "Forest Fires" / "Lost My Shape" but musically, it fits the "Forest Fire" version.
Now listen to Bazan's song "Messes" from Strange Negotiations. It is the music from "Broken Arm" / "Forest Fire."
The live version from the Grey Eagle show is fucking golden compared to this.
"You used to feel like the prodigal returning
But now,
Now you hate what you've made
And you want to watch it burn"
However, he does seem adamant he no longer believes in the spiritual values he was raised with and would like nothing better than to "watch them burn".