Slight Figure of Speech

Robert Crawford, Scott Avett, Timothy Avett

They say you've gotta lose a couple fights to win
It's hard to tell from where I'm sitting
They say that this is where the fun begins
I guess it's time that I was quitting

A slight figure of speech
I cut my chest wide open
They come and watch us bleed
Is it art like I was hoping now?

They said "I hope that you will never change"
I went and cut my hair
They say "Don't take your business to the big time"
I bought us tickets there, oh

A slight figure of speech
I cut my chest wide open
They come and watch us bleed
Is it art like I was hoping now?

What did you expect
And what did you forget
That to live you let go of me with each step
It becomes a progression I won't let regret manifest
To aggression
Are you to assess what I've been? What I am? Or become?
Did you stop to accept how pathetically dumb
It can be to
Attack those around 'cause you're
True to color, a town, a time, or a place?
It's not you, it's not mine
And besides it is gone
And you never will find it again
But I don't want to fight
I just ask let me be
I won't give the chance to be my enemy
So go home
Think it through

A jet plane and a big idea
I jump over the sea
What if's hot on my trail
But they can't catch me, no

A slight figure of speech
I cut my chest wide open
They come and watch us bleed
Is it art like I was hoping now?

Trivia about the song Slight Figure of Speech by The Avett Brothers

On which albums was the song “Slight Figure of Speech” released by The Avett Brothers?
The Avett Brothers released the song on the albums “I And Love And You” in 2009 and “Live Vol Four” in 2015.
Who composed the song “Slight Figure of Speech” by The Avett Brothers?
The song “Slight Figure of Speech” by The Avett Brothers was composed by Robert Crawford, Scott Avett, Timothy Avett.

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