The Same As Being In Love - Harvey Danger

when you base your whole identity on reaction against somebody it’s the same as being in--

i tend to forget when i drink. 
i’m doing it again i think
a hand to hold, an ego to flatter, 
‘cause you were the wineskin, i was the bladder. 

time passes, events fall away
(i don’t think they’ll hurry). hurry up, 
i’m blacking out, high on the vapor, 
‘cause i was the typo, you were the liquid paper.

talk it over, talk it, overtalk it. 
the answer’s still the same: 
it’s discontent, humiliation, 
‘cause you were the theme and 
i was the variation! 

try to take a less dramatic course of action;
this attraction-introspection-diction
predilection is breaking my heart again, 
breaking my heart again.…