sad man’s compromise

playing in the schoolyard it's half past nine
friends have all gone home 'i'm cool' you lie
parents always fight give birth to the seed
of a sad man's compromise

20 years later drawn to the curb
cheap wine fine times subsidized lovers
living in shame's one up on living to die
it's a sad man's compromise

(chorus)

it's a sad man's compromise
no way around it controls and guides you
nothings one up on living to die
it's a sad man's compromise

you've forgotten how it started
now you take it one day at a time
killing yourself so you can feel alive
it's a sad man's compromise

(chorus)