Imperfect Tense

[00:07.66] Naked and wretched and retching on a hotel bathroom floor,
[00:12.07] Somewhere in the city.
[00:13.89] Three days not sleeping, not eating, not feeling good any more,
[00:18.08] Drenched in sweat and self-pity.
[00:21.42] It's not a pretty sight.
[00:24.02] What to say in my defence?
[00:30.28] I was imperfect tense.
[00:36.08] I used to have such balance,
[00:38.40] But I don't know where it went.
[00:43.40] So would you be my present sense?
[00:52.26] Breaking, I'm shaking, it's taking a long, long time to come down off this murderous medication,
[00:58.33] Trying to remember my reasons for running myself into the ground with such dedication.
[01:08.37] What to say in my defence?
[01:14.92] I was imperfect tense.
[01:20.95] I used to have such balance,
[01:23.25] But I don't know where it went.
[01:27.98] So would you be my present sense?
[01:43.57] It's not meant to be,
[01:49.26] But I am lost at sea,
[01:55.57] So mermaid, sing to me,
[02:02.26] Of better times and of things that could be on an island in the mediterranean sea,
[02:08.52] And of sleeping and eating at times when I should,
[02:11.81] And of washing the drink and the drugs from my blood.
[02:14.95] I've nothing to say in my defence,
[02:18.14] I'm far from perfect,
[02:20.28] I'm still tense.
[02:21.55] But they say that love can change you once,
[02:24.59] Please say that love can change me one,
[02:27.72] Come on and change me.
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