Little Stabs At Happiness Lyrics

keep your friends at arms length
its no coincidence that I've tasted
pervasive patterns of negative
excuseswe built shipwrecks out of relationships
we used expletives as bandages
a matchstick struck sparks a flame
sparks a flame (extinct?)we invented little stabs at success
we looked around, we haven't found it yet
a spark extinguished before its ignited
a spark never metwe attempted little stabs at happiness
failed attempts at (?)
we attempted little stabs at happiness
failed attempts atwe built shipwrecks out of relationships
we used expletives as bandages
a matchstick struck sparks a flame
sparks a flame (?)we attempted little stabs at success
we looked around, we haven't found it yet
a spark extinguished before its ignited

a spark never met