Half-Man/Half-Mole
Chris Knox * Track #5 On Songs of You and Me
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Half-Man/Half-Mole by Chris Knox
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This song is about Knox’s pessimistic view of the world. He is torn between the desires to engage with other people (half-man) or to just hide away from everything (half-mole).
Appears on Hanging Out For Time To Cure Birth, which is the first half of the album Songs Of You And Me.
Half-Man/Half-Mole Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I don't know who I trust with my time
Now I'm off the hard climb
That wasted all those years
All that I know would take up one line
One sign of thought defined
By tunnel vision fears
[Chorus 1]
All that I know is that I want to speak my mind
All that I want is to be part of human kind
[Verse 2]
Give me a spade I'll dig my own hole
On a blind roll were-mole
Dirty little eyes
Get off my back I'll go down easy
Leave me, don't grieve me
Or stretch out your goodbyes
[Chorus 2]
All that I want is to be left here on my own
All that I need is to be rendered into bone
[Verse 3]
I don't know how you smile like you do
Yes, you must be voodoo
To keep your mouth that wide
Sell me your secret herbs and spices
Crisis after crisis
Has left me southern fried
[Chorus 3] [x2]
All that I know is that I used to be so green
Now all I feel is that I don't know what I mean
[Verse 4]
I don't know who I trust with my time
Now I'm off the hard climb
That wasted all those years