Flawed - Chris Webby, Skrizzly Adams

It’s hard to be scared of a little thunder

When you’ve spent your whole life waiting in the rain

You reminisce, just grin, look back and wonder

If you’re ever gonna feel that way again

Yeah, but you sit all at home, you’re waiting

But I’ve got a long way to go

Just hold on 'til the stars start fading

Just feel like I’m almost home

Yeah, there’s no tendency that I can see

To get you off my mind

I’m just flawed

No, I’m just flawed

Sirens went off in his head

Still half-drunk in a foreign bed

Said he’d be home after work, but he went to the bar instead

And instead of with his wife, he woke up with this new acquaintance

He met after seven shots and a couple of beers to chase it

Basically he was wasted, but there’s always a choice

Reason chimed in, but he was ignoring the voice

Now he’s throwing on his wrinkled clothes

And he knows when he goes home

To that glass house with these old stones

He gonna put on this mask, kiss her neck and then ask

«How was your night?»

before she even has a chance to react

He’ll be fine, it isn’t like this is the first time

Shit, everybody needs an occasion to unwind

Ain’t a crime to run away from things occasionally

A way to release, that’s just human nature and he

Pulled down the driveway, saw his daughter playing on the lawn

And all his rationalization was gone

I’ve been trying, but can’t deny

That these things I do, I can’t justify

I feel it weighing while I’m by your side

I’m just flawed

Yeah, I’m just flawed

He was greeted with a orange juice and something to eat

And a kiss on the cheek, as if he didn’t just cheat

Felt that shiver down his neck

That’s the feeling of regret

As she handed him his eggs, smelling whiskey on his breath

Before she had the chance to even ask him about last night

He said he had some drinks and crashed on the couch at the office

All this was just an obvious lie

And she could feel it in her gut, but said nothing as a reply

She just stared at the man that she’d given everything to

And the silence built into tension that enveloped the room

'Til it was broken by the daughter saying

«Daddy come see

This picture that I drew of you and mommy back when you seemed

So much happier

Is anything wrong?

Am I in trouble?»

«No, everything is fine» they said

«We both love you»

And they both smiled as the moment occurred

Like they forgot how fucking broken they were

I’ve been trying, but can’t deny

That these things I do, I can’t justify

I feel it weighing while I’m by your side

I’m just flawed

Yeah, I’m just flawed

He stood there in the shower

With the steam filling his lungs

As if the water could wash away all the shit that he’d done

He let it run, deep in thought about when he was young

Got out and looked in the mirror back at the man he’d become

Then he opened the door to see his wife on the bed

On the verge of tears, looked him in the eyes and instead

Of saying anything, she threw him his phone with a text read

But instead of more lies, he just looked at her and said

I’ve been trying, but can’t deny

That these things I do, I can’t justify

I feel it weighing while I’m by your side

I’m just flawed

Yeah, I’m just flawed

I’ve been trying, but can’t deny

That these things I do, I can’t justify

I feel it weighing while I’m by your side

I’m just flawed

Yeah, I’m just flawed