Fly in the Ointment - Armored Saint

Like water for a cactus

I’m in need of a long cold drink

Like a tree in the forest

Before it’s chopped down it has anxiety

On the road rev up the engine

I’m playing chicken and I ain’t gonna turn

Though it’s icy conditions

I find a way to always get burned

Fly in the ointment

Fly in the ointment

Fly in the ointment

Soaring godwit on tired wings

Here comes a rockslide and I’m underneath

Speed to the surface and risk the bends

Always conclusive just a matter of when

When

With a sleeve of emotions

I walk the beat with posture that’s curved

Getting by fit and able

A dotted line with a learning curve

If the motor malfunctions

I need an off-hours handyman

And get back to the ruckus

A sugar fix for a kid in candy land

Fly in the ointment

Fly in the ointment

Fly in the ointment

Soaring godwit on tired wings

Avalanche a coming pull up the sheets

Speed to the surface and risk the bends

Weathered but pompous cause I know where I’ve been

Bend the throttle

Briefly interrupted

Out of my hands

And no longer captive

Fly in the ointment

Fly in the ointment

Soaring godwit on tired wings

Oncoming rock slide and I’m underneath

Soaring godwit on tired wings

Oncoming rock slide and I’m underneath

Fly in the ointment

Fly in the ointment

Fly in the ointment

Fly in the ointment