- But The Damn Thing Has Watched Us This Whole Time
And my side door has been permanently locked since the day my key broke off in it, dont you know we dont use that door anymore?
And yes it was that door frame that saved me during the earthquake of '94, but we dont used that door anymore.
And inside of that door frame is all of our height markings from over the years we've since forgot, we've since forgot.
But we don't use that door anymore.
- E. Coli
E. Coli broke out in the food court and that mall shut down after all the reports.
Movie theaters weren't attended and all the tenets got evicted.
That's what that used to be. That's where that used to be.
So let your empires burn and learn to live and learn.
Build stepping stones out of paper plates,
I would hop across and meet you half way.
- Everything Must Grow
Your combat boots just never had the soles to make it from here to the edge of the world. The mountains will melt, the oceans will boil, and with a deafening ring, the end of everything.
And your wool-lined parka just won’t know what hit it, because this winter will be the coldest. It was never me, it was my god damn instincts that led me here, to the edge of the world.
I finally got that disposable developed and every picture came out blurry, except the one of you leaning on the goal post down the road, that one with your head thrown back laughing at the sky. And yes it made me ache, yes it made lonely, yes it made me wonder where you are. Wherever it is, I hope you’re smiling.
- Redwoods
Is it really the redwoods you miss?
Are they all that different from all of this, all of this?
Is it the people or the place you always find yourself
Longing for, longing for?
From the ears that hold your hair back
To the lap that lets you rest,
If this who you are today,
Where will I be next year?
- Self-Loathing
I didn't have the heart to tell you. I didn't have the lines to convince you. I didn't have the brain to understand and thats why I need you more than ever because I'll take it personally every time. Wanna smash every mirror in every bathroom of your house because you're ashamed of who is always looking back? Wanna smear mud on every surface reflections bounce off of? You dont have to look, you could always live inside. And thats why, we never looked at you, because the self-loathing never stops and its tying you in knots. Its tying you in square knots you'll never undo. We'll never learn to see things for what they are.
- These Times Weren't Made For You
Your lobby button light hasn’t worked in quite some time and the stairs lead nowhere. So you watch the sun roll from your window, bed bound for the summer.
How do you keep on dreaming about cars and swimming when you haven’t left your bed in years? Your kids they love you, but they’ll lock you up in here.
Bed bound for the summer. Seeking solace from your comforter. Wearing sunblock for the sun that never showed through. These times weren’t made for you.
- Tire Swing
Stared at the tire swing, where I first felt alive.
Let em know what it will take to be a man.
Feeling nostalgic to the point where you feel sick.
Let em know what it will take to be a man.
It's just the rivets on your jeans
that are keeping you from falling asleep
and as far as the eye can see