Slight Figure Of Speech - The Avett Brothers

They say you gotta lose a couple fights to win

It’s hard to tell from where I’m sitting

They say that this is where the fun begins

Guess it’s time that I was quitting

A slight figure of speech

I cut my chest wide open

They come and watch us bleed

Is it all like I was hoping now

They said «I hope that you will never change»

I went and cut my hair

They said «Don't take your business to the big town»

I bought us tickets there

A slight figure of speech

I cut my chest wide open

They come and watch us bleed

Is it all like I was hoping now

A jet plane and a big idea

I jump over the seat

What Ifs hot on my trail

But they can’t catch me, no A slight figure of speech

I cut my chest wide open

They come and watch us bleed

Is it all like I was hoping now