Who Was Around Lyrics by Bob Mould

Who Was Around Lyrics

    Who was around when the world was falling down?
    Who turned away? couldn't bother to be around this now
    Who walked away when the game wasn't fun to play?
    And my escape became my only game

    Hand me over and hand me down
    Get me out of your sight
    No direction, my compass is broken
    Where'd you leave me tonight?

    I was a child, and now it seems so long ago
    Why'd you abandon me? maybe it's not for me to know
    No explanation needed, nothing can change the way things went
    You just weren't interested, i guess, i guess

    Some days fine, others out of my mind
    And the curse i curse is the worst it gets
    I hold it inside as you sleep, as you hide from
    The mess that you made of your life


    (who was around when you were hungry?
    Who eased the pain of all your sadness?
    Who played with you when you were lonely?
    Who was around?)

    What will your conscience say? maybe you'll change the channel soon
    Or simply hide it in the chest of drawers inside your room
    Like old linoleum, battered and worn beyond repair
    Go burn the whole house down, like anyone cares

    Maybe in time, these indelible lines will
    Fade like the hopes and the fears you denied
    These feelings are gone, they've been buried along
    With the rest of the mess that you made in your chest of drawers


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