Sister City - Psalm 26 lyrics

This is how I've been Still looking for connections This is how I live Synthetic misdirection This is how I've been Still looking for connections This is how I live Reverse engineering prophecy Taping wires to my shirtsleeves Cut my finger adding new keys Next to my savings card for groceries Making sound to quell the crowds Talking loud and breaking down Finding my head in the clouds Finding my head in the ground Offering my burnt skin To the man in my reflection Convince myself my pigments Are little more than fictions I tell to stop the swell I yell to break the spell Myself, my god, my wealth Myself and my declining health This is how I've been Still riddled with compulsions This is how I live With mostly good intentions This is how I've been In a self-fulfilling sequence This is how I live Douse myself in details The atomic weight of skin cells The speed at which my voice tells my hands they need to slow down Or I'll shake out all the sickness I've admitted keeps me honest The secret symbiosis of successful coexistence This is how I've been