99% of Us Is Failure

I know that it's bad
 That it's the kind that they can't operate on
 And I know it's real slow, honey
 Painful and real slow
 Styrofoam coffee cups and
 Bagged drugs that never work enough
 And I know it's real slow, honey
 Painful and real slow
 When we were young, we hit like hammers
 I'd write the nails in your hands
 When 99% of us is failure
 There's no going back
 And I know its real slow, honey
 Painful and real slow
 Blackbird come the break of dawn
 The TV's on, I turn it off
 Walk outside, get in the car
 Stare at the wheel and fall apart
 I get it all the time
 Bright eyes to bat and hide behind
 But I know they're just for show, honey
 Painful and just for show
 Black rooms to babysit and
 White halls to pace and wait for it
 And I know it's too slow, honey
 Painful and real slow
 When we were young and hit like hammers
 I'd write the nails in your hands
 When 99% of us is failure
 There's no going back
 And I know it's real slow, honey
 Painful and real slow
 Blackbird come the break of day
 You swallow the shit that people say
 Walk outside, look at the sky
 Ask it to fall or tell you why