“In The Corner Dunce” is one of the only released songs from the folk band, Aleka’s Attic.

The full song was released on January 1st, 2019 by member Rain Phoenix’s music label, Launchleft. It was released… Read More [Verse 1]

There's a hole in my hat

Shows a near miss grazing my scalp

And my hand are the only injuries

I'll stand if I can

When I fall, forget me

Will you respond if I float in?

Yes, welcome me back with a marching band

[Verse 2]

There's a hole in the ozone

So life's worth giving up and when I

Do, now, won't you please forgive me

It's not that I've lost

'Cause in a way, well, I've been winning

[Pre-Chorus]

Will you respond if I limp in?

Welcome me back with a marching band

[Chorus]

There's part of you that can't help

But to see right through this part of me

And so when I go 'round round and I hit the town

And when I can't be found, then you wait for sounds

Well it's over you, yet under me

And if it's the way it should be then I won't bother

Your point of view is the point in me

So when you hear a loud sound it means I'm back from town

Now all this night is on my side

[Post-Chorus]

Ooh like a sitting duck, floating like a swan then flying like a dove

Ooh, la, like a sitting duck

Floating like a swan and it's all afterthought

[Verse 3]

There's a toll at the bridge

If I pay I'm giving in

And if I don't then I could always swim it

With wings I could fly and avoid the risk of sinking

Will you respond if I float in?

By now I've forgotten how to use my fins

[Chorus]

There's a part of you that can't help

But to see right through this part of me

And so when I go around round and I hit the town

And when I can't be found, found then you wait for sounds

Well it's over you, yet under me

And if it's the way it should be then I won't bother

Your point of view is the point of me died

And when you hear a loud sound that means I'm back from town now

[Outro]

I rarely get to feel, you know, I hardly ever feel in place

Like a sitting duck, floating like a swan then flying like a dove

Ooh, la la, it's my faulty love

In the corner like a dunce it's all self-conscious thought