Alexander

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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 I've had   back pain       for most of my life
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And the most I ever did was see the doc 
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And the doc told me that my back   was alright
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He had initials in his shirt,
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he had a nice expensive watch
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I thought he knew what he was doing or at least  what was
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right
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He made me fill a piece of paper out with different
questions all about
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 My health,
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wellbeing and the state  of my life
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I'll told the truth,
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I'm only lying to myself if I  should lie

[Verse 2]
So,
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 I answered everything and did    my best to keep it real
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in between the lines
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 I gave it back to him,
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he took   his time and read the paper over once or twice
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 He looked at me  as if to say,
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       "I need to tell   you something"
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  "And don't prepare for me to tell you something nice"
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 He wanted to know just how much   I tend to drink and
smoke
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I told him,
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how it was  and then he gave me this advice

[Verse 3]
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He said, "Ease up on stress,
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you don't help  yourself much"
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"It's too intense for you to take,
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you'll only tense up"
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"And you see you have these issues and you struggle to
relax"
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"So you come see me the doctor to  get something for your
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back"
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"But this piece of paper tells me that there's more that
you should address"
"I see some anger in you, plus addiction,
plus the rest"
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  "I  feel like we should speak about this 'fore it comes
first"
"And I know a lot of people who can help for what it's
worth"
I said,
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 "I don't know if you understand man my back   just fucking
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hurts"
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Do I need physiotherapy? Or   is it something worse?
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He paused and then he asked   me what I      thought we
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should do
I said,
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  "If I knew that then you wouldn't be here man I'm asking
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you"

[Verse 4]
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He handed me to someone who gave me a     blood test
Who handed me to someone else who took my payment and took
all of my fucking patience
I should add at this point the doctor had already left
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And I resented that man,
I never went back to him again
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 But you know in a weird way I feel like maybe he     was
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right  I may be using my back pain to distract from the
pain of life
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Feel it all externally,
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when really  it's just inside
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Procrastinating, confrontation,
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every single time
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So thank you Mister Doctor man,
I'm now being sincere
I guess I just didn't wanna hear what I didn't wanna hear,
okay

[Outro]
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