Shift The Blame - Surrogate

This tragic thing will spread its tragic wings

And float into the sky

Where people in this town

Will turn a prying eye

The confidence you once held in your friends

Will crumble into sand

Shattering any hope

To be ever again

The people in this town they never sleep

They’re careful not to keep

Secrets that involve anyone with them

Then they will run their mouths behind your back

All for one good laugh

And deconstruct your life

You’ll never get back

With monumental failure

Comes monumental fame

I think it’s more than you can take

With monumental failure

Comes monumental shame

So I think it’s time you shift the blame

The keepers of the bars downtown on Main

Know your story but not your name

They’ve heard it a hundred times

From the flies that live there

Is that the kind of life you want to lead

The friends you want to keep

The stories you want told

To everyone back home?

With monumental failure

Comes monumental fame

I think it’s more than you can take

With monumental failure

Comes monumental shame

So I think it’s time you shift the blame

Even with your unrelenting eyes

Or the landscape oh so sleepy

Accidents with no reason or rhyme

Seem to have your name and number

(Ooh ooh)

So I think it’s time you shift the blame