I’ll meet you there back where we parked the car
We’ll sit in the back seat and lose our inhibitions staring up and out in to the dark
I wanna fall apart
I wanna miss the mark
I wanna hate you so bad
That you never wanna start
We’ll talk for hours until we both get tired
We’ll sit in the back seat and let the light pour in and paint us like we’re both on fire
I wanna lose my mind
I wanna watch it die
I wanna make you so mad
But I wanna make you mine
I think I’d like you better if you ever shut your mouth
I wish I made an effort so you’d do it for yourself
I think you needed something but I’m too afraid to help
I wish I could
I think I’d like you better if you never changed your mind
I wish I said it different but I do it every time
I think I made the movements but I never got em right
I think I could
And so we left it there
Without a breath to spare
It never takes
And then the tension grew
A truth we always knew
But couldn’t say
I’m bound to stumble once
At least I thought I was
That's my mistake
I couldn’t hold you back
I know I’m bad at that
And I wanna change
Released in 2001, “The Convincer” is a gentle gem in the Nick Lowe catalog; an anniversary edition provides opportunity for rediscovery. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 20, 2021