Niall James Holohan
Self Portrait With A Knife
My heart is broke
It’s on the rack
Not to be sold as part of a multi-pack
What a year!
Filled with friends and fears
Where you couldn’t sneeze
For fear you wouldn’t get your ego back

I’ve got a picture of myself as a child in my wallet
I don’t want to let him down
Unawares, unawares, unawares
Pick a noun
This city’s got the highest walls of any city I’ve ever been in
I just want to see your smiling face again

‘Cause life is beautiful
If sometimes a little difficult
But it’s the only one you’re ever going to know

I’ve got a picture of myself as a child in my wallet
I don’t want to let him down
Unawares, unawares, unawares
Pick a noun

As painfully self-conscious as an adolescent girl
Mona Lisa’s talking to her Dad
She needs a loan of money or of a credit card
To regain the simple enthusiasms she once had
Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa