I've been so immeasurably sad Guess my nights will never glow red Hope is violent Apollinaire said A year of kindness Can't compensate A lifetime Of being a mess I am a kind mess I am a kind mess I am a kind mess Why does decency have to sleep In a most dire moment of need I kept on falling and No angel would help me A spell of kindness Can't compensate A lifetime Of being a mess I am a kind mess I am a kind mess I am a kind mess