Good Works and Deeds Lyrics

There were traces of you in the dust

I saw patterns in the mess that you made

Old catalogues of things precious and useless

Mementos that couldn't be saved

You'll find traces of me in the dirt

Though you scrub the walls down to the studs

Someone was bound to get hurt

But I can't recall who was first to draw blood

How would you choose to remember this fool

Unfit for your simplest of needs

For all of my good works and deeds

I can't follow where this line of thought leads

I heard rumors of you after time

Indiscretions and triumphs alike

Ill-suited suitors and entrepreneurs

But your stock never showing a spike

So I learned to get by on my own

In a self-imposed exile of sorts

Toeing the water but never submerged

And not too much else to report

How would you choose to remember this fool

Unfit for your simplest of needs

For all of my good works and deeds

I can't follow where this line of thought leads

So we never were favorably matched

And the weather refused to comply

I was unmade by the faintest of praise

You were undressed by some random guy

There are traces of you in this room

Like a fly that refuses to leave

Though all of the windows are thrown open wide

And the air is too toxic to breathe

How would you choose to remember this fool

Unfit for your simplest of needs

For all of my good works and deeds

I can't follow where your line of thought leads

So what would you do if you still had this fool

Unfazed by your basest of needs

For all of my good works and deeds

You won't go where this line of thought leads