Posies - Compliment? lyrics

Well i've felt worse and i have felt Better than this I've made a pacifier Out of my fist Well i don't care when bones are bare The mind can't interfere And what i've said outside my head Anyone can hear Maybe i praise you 'cause i cannot praise myself Won't you just take A compliment from me? Perhaps they're understated And a little overmasked If they were hand delivered It would be more than i could ask Forwardness ain't my business But you can fish for compliments While i beg for forgiveness I'd like to reap the flatteries i sow But i really cast seeds of doubt Looks like you take them from everyone And everyone hands them out Self mutilation just ain't my trip But now this is worth the trouble Cut me open with your laughter I bleed complementary colors Tender seedlings trampled And overwatered boughs Won't you just take A compliment from me? Perhaps they're overstated And a little undermasked If they were what i really meant It would be more than i could ask Forwardness should be my business But you can fish for compliments While i beg for forgiveness Well i have tried every approach And they always leave me empty But each one has it's special way Of making everyone contempt me It seems rather selfish to want to be loved Or to love and expect you to care But my batteries don't run on flattery And it just gets me nowhere Oh when was i ever promised I'd get back all that i gave? But i wouldn't care if you'd take A compliment from me Perhaps it's too late Or too much to expect But compliments that come no strings attached Well, they're certainly the best Thing for me, i adore you But you can fish for compliments And i won't be there to bore you