The Fine Art of Self Destruction is the title track from Jesse Malin's debut album. The Lonely Process version strips down the track with just vocals and piano
Order the 20th anniversary edition of The Fine Art of Self Destruction here: https://ffm.to/jessemalin_tfaosd
Video directed by Dave Steckert
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Lyrics:
I'm a witness to the sickness
In a place I call my home
On the weekend hit the deep end
With the secrets that I own
Like an old song with a new girl
She never gets the jokes
But you need her so you bleed her
For the image it evokes
Lonely process
Only process
I will make it up to you
Took a long walk
For a tall boy
Sinking down in the couch
Playing new wave like the old days
Put the barrel in your mouth
Like a sad man when he's deadpan
Never knew a work of art
Or a father with his children
A marriage that blew apart
Lonely process
Only process
I will make it up
I will take it up to you
Oh the old time TV movies
Thinking you got it made
Like a dancer with a desk job
A dee-jay with a list to play
I'm an old whore
In a thrift store
Looking for something black
Like a bad dream when you come clean
Hoping that you'll come back
Lonely process
Only process
I will make it up to you
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