and just getting laid wasn't worth what i paid

#011 - Congratulations (You Broke Me) - 2001

This song sat around forever. I wrote it in 2001 and could never get it quite right until this fall. Totally intended for "Emotional Masochism" before I even concepted that album and recorded in late night sessions for years without satisfaction. I am very happy with these lyrics and the way it all kind of played out with the moog. It's partially about the one person in my life that it still hurts to think about and that's all I'm going to say about it. This recording was intentionally left kind of raw from a vocals perspective because I felt like it worked better that way. Lyrics below:

"Congratulations (You Broke Me)"

My whole world hurts

And the pain is much worse

Worse than it used to be before

Before you went away

And all I can say

Is I still have the jacket you wore

And just getting laid

Wasn’t worth what I paid

Cuz you left me feeling just like a whore

Congratulations you broke me

Does that make you happy?

Now that you’ve fractured my heart

Are you feeling elated?

Now that you’ve destroyed me

Now that I’m falling apart

These months seem like years

And I’m never in the clear

When I’m staring at pictures of you

I hate that it hurts

I really wanted this to work

but distance was long overdue

I can’t can’t go back home

So I’ll sit here alone

And pretend that I’m not black & blue

Congratulations you broke me

Does that make you happy?

Now that you’ve fractured my heart

Are you feeling elated?

Now that you’ve destroyed me

Now that I’m falling apart

The scars won’t wash off

And I’m too sick to cough

And the cuts are all too deep to stitch

I’ll sing to survive

But I won’t feel alive

And all the notes are falling off pitch

Everyone’s staring

Cuz they know how I’m faring

And deep down they all know you’re a bitch

Congratulations you broke me

Does that make you happy?

Now that you’ve fractured my heart

Are you feeling elated?

Now that you’ve destroyed me

Now that I’m falling apart