American Heroine - Ben Dehan

I don't slow down for circumstance But there's a good chance If I'm home alone I'm staring at girls I don't know on Instagram Places that I can't afford to go Eat at restaurants too expensive Ask for extra rolls We love American Dream Heroine Especially when the heroines Are splayed upon the screen In ways that please the gentlemen All you need's a cell phone Sell yourself til you're well known American Dream Heroine American Dream Heroine American Dream Heroine American Dream Heroine I do not blame the models This is water In a reusable bottle I think it's addicting Dad says we're just coddled This whole things a joke, but don't tell David Foster Wallace The lies got worse when eyes became our wallets It's like that feeling when you don't want to go out But still want to get invited somewhere I never know what to call it American Dream Heroine American Dream Heroine American Dream Heroine American Dream Heroine Now it's time to go to sleep Lets smoke weed And watch some mindless garbage on TV I'll keep you close to me Try to quiet thoughts About who I'm supposed to be

I think I might need a mission I think I might need to quit I think I don't know what I need And now it's making me sick I'm only happy as the days go by When we're together I can lose my mind It's so forever I can take my time And just be there just be there I'm only happy as the days go by When we're together I can lose my mind It's so forever with you Like that night in Corvallis We ate those mushrooms with my band I can still feel the solace Of psilocybin in my head And that's the way we'll stay one of these days One of every feeling always wanted to stay Now I'm here to say I'm only happy as the days go by When we're together I can lose my mind It's so forever I can take my time And just be there just be there I'm only happy as the days go by When we're together I can lose my mind It's so forever with you It's so forever with you and me together I can't stop the weather I don't care if it's raining It's so forever with you let's do whatever we do One of these days we can stay the same We can lose our doubts in the life we make One of these days everything will change We can stay right here in the mean time As the years go by We could take our time We could lose our minds I'm only happy as the days go by When we're together I can lose my mind It's so forever I can take my time And just be there just be there I'm only happy as the days go by When we're together I can lose my mind It's so forever with you

Cause I've been losing my mind Since I saw your face It's like I can't help what I'm feeling these days And I was doing just fine til' I heard your name It's like I can't help what I'm feeling these days It's been eighteen months and 11 days I spent a long time working my way out of that haze I've got worn down jeans and a leather soul I spent a long time digging my way out of that hole It's like I can't help it but I feel it again It's like I can't help it but I feel it again It's like I can't help it but I feel it again It's like I can't help it but I feel it again And I could close my eyes and remember the lights in the sky From the bleachers on that Fourth of July I was right where I was sitting but I wasn't alive You and I were always swinging but we couldn't survive It's like I can't help it but I feel it again It's like I can't help it but I feel it again It's like I can't help it but I feel it again It's like I can't help it but I feel it again Until the end we tell our friends Til we become the faded ones It's like I can't help it but I feel it again It's like I can't help it but I feel it again It's like there's no more no more feeling again It's like I can't help it but I feel it again It's like I can't help it but I feel it again It's like I can't help it but I feel it again It's like there's no more no more feeling again It's like I can't help it but I feel it again

I woke up California With a ringing in my bones The tone that grows Is all she knows And all she'll ever show And now I stand before you Just looking for my Ghost Despite the face I can't replace It's all I'll ever know Will you write to me again Know this life is not the end My dear friend I'm on my way Coming back on holidays Count me out, don't wait up late I'll be be back on holidays On holidays Now here I sit with loneliness In a place that feels like home Taking shots and early hops With a person I don't know All I need to still believe That I'm right where I should be Just taking shots to loneliness Pretending that I'm free Will you write to me again Know this life is not the end My dear friend I'm on my way Coming back on holidays Count me out, don't wait up late I'll be be back on holidays On holidays, on holidays There's a man out In the graveyard Singing songs he loved the most Singing all he gave Was all he had And still he lost his hope And if Time don't stand To warn you Through the beating In your chest It's all the same We can't complain And still we do our best My dear friend I'm on my way Coming back on holidays Count me out, don't wait up late I'll be be back on holi Back on holidays, on holidays

I wake up every morning Trying to recreate the past I wanna spread my wings and disbelieve it's gone A lover in my ear Whispers don't embrace the fear Breathing meaning back to life As days go by And I'll wait with you As you wait for me It's always just me and you It's always just you and me So pleasantly and uninvited You let the light in through My guarded windows In the tomb that was my room Like a fever pitch sung melody And the will to hope You gave me room to breathe Now I believe And I'll wait with you As you wait for me It's always just me and you It's always just you And if it's all the same, I won't complain And get on with my friends around me 'Cause life is tough, but so are we And time is priceless, but love is free And I'll wait with you As you wait for me It's always just me and you It's always just you and me