Measuring Sticks

Play a chord, play a melody
Please just play something
Cause I’m here and I’m drinking
And I just wanna feel nothing

I’m not hearing words
If you are speaking
Not solving any problems
Cause now I’m not thinking

I’m not whole and I’m drifting
I’m not whole and I’m drifting
The rain starts and it slows
And the clouds they ain’t lifting

This is gonna’ be a ride
Probably rocky, surely rough
I’d think about tryin’ to fight it
But I was never all that tough

I’m an honest man
Only to myself do I tell lies
Sometimes I only look in the mirror
To see genuine in my eyes

I’m not whole and I’m drifting
I’m not whole and I’m drifting
The rain slows and it starts
And the clouds they ain’t lifting

I’m steppin’ up to measurin’ sticks
Seein’ just how I match up
Gaining qualities and discarding others
This shit’s gotta stop

Tryin’ so hard to be yourself
Sometimes you forget who you are
I just wanna be closer
But too soon I’m too far

I’m not whole and I’m drifting
I’m not whole and I’m drifting
The rain moves and it hits
And the clouds they ain’t lifting