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To a world we'll not remember When we're old and tired We'll be blowing on the embers of a little fire We were the tallest person watching in Chesapeake You put me on your shoulders so I could see I was all covered in sound Ear plugs so it wasn't loud Swallowed up by the crowd Didn't know what they were singing about I can't hardly wait For someone to replace It was hot in the arena Good men die like dogs My hero plays to no one, in a parking lot Even though there's no one around He broke a leg and the house came down A smattering of applause A sliver moon and a cover song Oh sweet, Child of mine You're always sorry for everything, Never apologize Oh sweet child of mine Now you stand on the corner and hope you get recognized I was all covered in sound When you asked me to turn it down Didn't even think it was loud Can you hear it now?

Never had a heartbreak feeling kind of lucky walking into my community college Didn't mean to stalk you Saw you on the first day and knew you were everything I wanted Three months later walking downtown spilling all our secrets, making promises I know you'll keep 'em Cuz you've kept 'em Treating me gentle Just like a movie But better cuz we skipped all the fighting and jumped headfirst into the lake This love is quiet I'm okay with it No breaking into a shoe that won't fit We just feel right You just feel right Never left to question no doubt about intentions we were in this by second semester Perfectly placed got to stare at your face every Monday and Wednesday afternoon Four years later, driving downtown, pointing out the teal house We'll buy when we're older You mean it Yeah you mean it Treating me gentle Just like a movie But better cuz we skipped all the fighting and jumped headfirst into the lake This love is quiet I'm okay with it No breaking into a shoe that won't fit We just feel right You just feel right Treating me gentle Just like a movie But better cuz we skipped all the fighting and jumped headfirst into the lake This love is quiet I'm okay with it No breaking into a shoe that won't fit We just feel right You just feel right You just feel right

Looking out on the river bend Looking out on the thing that isn't Looking out on the freeway's push and pull Looking out for the current Little spells of forgetfulness Little sounds that are shrill and urgent Little insects that sting as they come and go Little moments of purpose I loved you I wore you out I missed you Where are you now? This town is a monolith This town is a crowded movie This town is a depot, I come and go This town is my city I hate you I tore you down I miss you Where are you now? Looking bad like those Vegas odds Wear a smile like it's camouflage Today was a smoking sky Today was a civic menace Today I went walking while things explode Some sad independence I want to be just as loud All this freedom just freaks me out Risk it all on the game of chance Chasing love like an ambulance

Can you hear the crickets? All I hear is crickets Like a river Shining through the edges of my sight The sky is pitch black, dark Yet somehow really peaceful At the same time It gets dark in the morning Trade sleep for drinks in a bar I'm sure as hell my breath stinks Watch it float like smoke in the fog I can feel a tornado And it's shivering up my arms I've been playing dominoes I'm just trying not to wreck no cars Putting fear in my nose And trying to keep up with all my thoughts If we're going somewhere, I'm ready If it's just dirt, I'm not I scrape my eye when I touch the sky And lose a little vision for the man I can call it in my mind I don't want to hold nobody's hand I can toss in the morning light I'll play dead when I'm buried in the sand I'm seeing shadows of man a who's Homeless, buried and numb A forecast of forgotten land I hope it shows up in the setting sun If we're going somewhere, I'm ready, honey If it's nowhere, I'm done I can hear a voice but it's speaking code (Poured concrete on top, concrete on top, concrete) Like I'm talking to strangers on a foreign phone I can talk to angels when I'm all alone They take me to a place in the city And when we're done they take me home Can't find a forest with the singing birds Instead I'm just a low voice in the crowd Can't hear my own voice in this crowd I get edgy on dark streets Coming home, I feel my heartbeat I say I'm stoned for the last time I do it again and repeat I'm carpooling to kingdom come Into the wild purgatory Experience in a magic rainbow All you got to do is follow And if you're not feeling ready There's always tomorrow And if you're not feeling ready There's always tomorrow