Turn on Me
The Shins Lyrics

You can fake it for a while
Sometimes you might pretend like you're okay with things, but it's just temporary

Bite your tongue and smile
You might hold back your true feelings to avoid confrontation

Like every mother does her ugly child
You might pretend to love something even if you don't like it

But it starts the leaking out
Eventually, your true feelings will come out

Like spittle from a cloud
Your emotions might come forth suddenly and unexpectedly

Amassed resentment pelting ounce and pound
You may have built up negative feelings over time, and they can be heavy and difficult to deal with

You entertaining any doubt
Do you have any second thoughts about our relationship?

'Cause you had to know that I was fond of you
You must have realized that I had feelings for you

Fond of Y-O-U
I really liked you

Though I knew you masked your disdain
Even though I had a feeling that you didn't like me, and you tried to hide it

I can see the change was just too hard for us
I can see that it was difficult for us to change and grow as individuals

Hard for us
It was tough for us to make progress together

You always had to hold the reigns
You had control of our relationship and always wanted things to be your way

But where I'm headed, you just don't know the way
You might not understand or agree with the direction I'm taking my life

So affections fade away
Feelings can change over time

Or do adults just learn to play
As we grow older, we might learn how to hide our true feelings and act fake

The most ridiculous, repulsive games?
Sometimes we do things in relationships that are unhealthy or toxic

All our favorite ruddy sons
All the things we used to love and enjoy together

And their double-barreled guns
Things that can be destructive or harmful to us

You'd better hurry rabbit, run, run, run
You better get out of here before things get worse

'Cause mincing you is fun
It might be enjoyable to see you suffer

And there's a lot of hungry hatters in this world
There are people out there who are willing to hurt others for their own gain

Set on taking it over
They want to be in control and make others suffer for their own benefit

But brittle, thorny stems
Fragile and sharp things

They break before they bend
Sometimes things can't change, they will eventually break apart instead

And neither one of us is one of them
We are not the type of people who would hurt others for our own benefit

And the tears will never mend
The pain and sadness might never go away

'Cause you had it in for me so long ago
You might have had negative feelings towards me for a long time

Boy, I still don't know
I still don't understand why you felt that way about me

I don't know why and I don't care
I'm done worrying about why you didn't like me, and I don't want to spend any more energy on it

Well, hardly anymore
I don't care as much now

If you'd only seen yourself hating me
If you realized the extent of your dislike for me

Hating me
Disliking me

When I've been so much more than fair
When I have been kind and understanding towards you

But then you'd have to lay those feelings bare
You would have to show your true feelings and be honest about them

One thing I know has still got you scared
I know there is still something that scares you

Yeah, all that cold ire
All those negative feelings you have kept inside for so long

And never once aired on a dare
You never dared to reveal your true feelings

So I took your licks at the time
I put up with your negativity at the time

And a change like that is just so hard to do
It's difficult to change a relationship for the better

Hard to do
It's tough

Don't let it whip-crack your life
Don't let negative experiences control your happiness

And I'll bow out from the fight
I'll give up on this argument or situation

Those old pious sisters were right
That old saying or advice is true

The worst part is over
The difficult part is done

Now get back on that horse and ride
Move on and continue with your life