Brendan Benson - Poised And Ready lyrics

You're poised and ready, unable to make a sound Your hands are sweaty as you look down You're running already when you've hit the ground You're willing and able, so nice to have around The head of the table is tightly wound The noise is loud, so turn it down When you think about it, try to wrap your head around it You find none of it makes any sense at all And people you once trusted are now looking so disgusted And they're waiting anxiously for you to fall You take for granted and take what you can grab Forsake what's landing into your lap You shake the hand and take a stab There's no need to doubt it There's never been two ways about it It takes a thick skin There's ways around it but no way in And when you think about it, try to wrap your head around it You find none of it makes any sense at all And people you once trusted are now looking so disgusted And they're waiting anxiously for you to fall And there you go, turning everybody you know Turning a one man show, so take a look around you now And s** it up and take a bow You're living and crawling and trying to catch a breath You're stalling and dying a sudden d**h And all the while you second guess And now the time has come to for it to stop The crowd was done, so call the cops You're like a boy who turned and shot You're poised and ready, unable to make a sound Your hands are sweaty if you look down You're running already when you hit the ground