I’ve had just about all I can take
Tiptoeing 'round each fatal mistake
One too many times
World War I land mines are lurking silently
Brace for a hit, battered and bruised
Clip the trip wire, find it's diffused
Dumb bewilderment
You’re so confident things must end violently
Cool soothing tune chewing on an open ear
Year after year boy
Surely they got your goat
Shoot up an antedote
Stockholm Syndrome has you by the throat
I’m playing a game, hide and go seek
Tongue that is tied, firmly in cheek
Chose a poker face
Wove a basket case to hold it close nearby
Not even near to in on the joke
Where there is fire there surely is smoke
Signals mincing their words
There’s so many birds I know that fly quite high
Endless seduction from unattractive eyes
Certain demise boy just
Turn in a doctor’s note
Sweat in your overcoat
Stockholm Syndrome has you by the throat
Calling your bluff
Off the cuff subtle sins
Chorus line kick
Landing right on the shins
Cool, collected, and calm
Would be nice now and then
Hypnotic junk in full steamer trunk
Keeps you setting up shop in a grizzly bear den
A turn of a phrase, turn of a screw
Turning them straight then slightly askew
Such a silly fuss
‘bout some abacus that’s minus many beads
Hot on the heels, three legged race
Stuck with a sidekick standing in place
Doesn’t move or budge
Needs an elbow nudge to pull the bitter weeds
Houdini straight jacket upside down escape
Glue, string, and tape hold my
Popsicle stick lifeboat
Crossing a castle moat
Stockholm Syndrome has you by the throat
I see what you are
I see what you do
I see what you can’t do too
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