Empty Gestures

from The Snake Armed Album by The Snake Armed Man

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If I get this wrong again,
Will you pray for me again?
I know that it's an empty gesture

But when you've lost it all
And there's nowhere else to go
Well, God seems just okay to me

No, I don't believe exactly
But I know despair too well
Consider my conversion selfish and sad

She left me for a man
A chiseled jaw, a swimmer's body
And I don't think I can compete

Cause he holds her close and tight
Brings her safety through the night
And I'm scared and skittish about everything

But I hope she's happy now
But I know for sure she's not
And I think that's what gets me most of all

So I'll take God if he's all you've got
In the back room, left in stock
Though he'll make things worse 'fore he cleans things up

But if he were any good, he would have stopped it long ago
But I guess true lust is beyond his jurisdiction

But I need something anyway
Cause I have nothing left
So please, love me

If I get this wrong again,
Will you pray for me again?
I know that it's an empty gesture

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from The Snake Armed Album, released June 9, 2012

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