Turtle Shell Lyrics

Something's gone wrong and I've gotta get through it

Or something's gone right and I've gotta get used to it

Everything's happening perfectly

The note on the bathroom mirror says repeat after me

Who am I fooling? But no one needs fooling, I can do it

The thing that does not offend, that's what we commend, that's what we elect

Taking a stand, that goes hand in hand with correcting the incorrect

People these days seem to mistake pursuit of truth for disrespect

In retrospect I will laugh at my last false step

But you can't bribe confidence

And you can't manipulate the circumstance

And I think I'm through the worst of this nervousness

I'd tell you, but I'm sure you know how it feels

I look down at the ground of the shattered shards in my crystal world

Held too tightly for safekeeping and I can't avoid the smell

And I'm all soft flesh. I could use a rest

But I've got no protection I could use a turtle shell

But you can't bribe confidence

And you can't manipulate the circumstance

And I think I'm through the worst of this nervousness

I'd tell you, but I'm sure you know how it feels