Complex Man

from Hard-Won Fight and Other Stories by Travis Atwell

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I'm the kind of lie you always want to hear
I'm the embodiment of all your darkest fears

I'm like a bicycle that's missing both its wheels
I'm like a thief who breaks in every night but never steals
Anything of value

And I'm a pioneer of subterfuge and lies
A cardboard cutout is an excellent disguise

If you look close you'll see the hunger in my eyes
You feel like coming but you never can decide
If you want to

I can see the trouble in anything
I could ever be

Chorus:

Complex man
Nobody ever understands
My complex plan
Well I don't have one

I take your ridicule and turn it into power
proclaim my thoughts at every godforsaken hour

Don't give a damn about the damage I can do
You're the dynamite, and baby I'm the fuse
You light it

You lose yourself, I walk upon a stage
You might despise me, but at least you know my name

I act the part, but I'll never act my age
You wrote a history, I tore out all the pages

I can see the trouble in anything
I can ever be

Chorus

I gave a voice to those who always spoke the loudest
I gave a medal to the country who's the proudest

My lack of decency is something I designed
Out of many I'm just one of a kind

Chorus

You can see the trouble in anything
I could ever be

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from Hard-Won Fight and Other Stories, released March 12, 2017

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Travis Atwell Carrboro, North Carolina

Travis Atwell is, foremost, a passionate believer in the power of storytelling and language. He has been writing songs for nearly a decade, capturing the highest and the lowest emotional and experiential images of youth and young adulthood.His music is designed to create an intimate, refined, and emotional experience that glides seamlessly between introspective melancholy and unbridled fun. ... more

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