And I'll get old And I'll get tired And I won't run Into the water You gotta let me go down Will you remember me as I am now? And I know you're strong I know you're a manmade fortress But we're alone And I'm so willing to be proven wrong And I fight time It won in a landslide I'm just as good as anybody I'm just as bad as anybody You talk like you know the walls are thin And I don't mind if you don't mind me listening And I'm tired of all these wires If I go far enough Will they not follow us? And I fight time It won in a landslide I'm just as good as anybody I'm just as bad as anybody And I fight time It won in a landslide I'm just as good as anybody I'm just as bad as anybody

You threw your books into the river Told your Mom that you're a non-believer She says she wasn't surprised but that doesn't make it ok You say nobody loves a city Nobody loves what can't love 'em back One-way ticket in your pocket What happened to the charm of a small town? If you find what you're looking for Be sure to send a postcard You promised you'd never forget The little ones when you got big You deal an unspoken debt No kindness without wanting something back What do I owe you? What did I forget? Are we even after all of that? You shook my hand and said goodbye You'll never let me see you cry again What good has come from learning to pretend? You said I could've been a better friend If you find what you're looking for Be sure to send a new address And if you find what you're looking for Write a letter and tell us what it is, and tell us what it is Everybody else, everybody else looks like they've figured it out Everybody else, everybody else looks like they've figured it out Everybody else, everybody else looks like they've figured it out Everybody else, everybody else looks like they've figured it out

Being back here makes me hot in the face Hot blood in my pulsing veins Heavy memories weighing on my brain Hot and heavy in the basement of your parents' place You used to be so sweet Now you're a firecracker on a crowded street Couldn't look away even if I wanted Try to walk away but I come back to the start Led me to the floor even though I'm not a dancer Ask me all the questions that your parents wouldn't answer How could I deny a diamond in the rough? You let me in your world until you had enough You knew that I wanted you to bend the rules How did I believe I had a hold on you? You were always stronger than people suspected Underestimated and overprotected When I went away, it was the only option Couldn't trust myself to proceed with caution The most that I could give to you is nothing at all The best that I could offer was to miss your calls Being back here makes me hot in the face Hot blood in my pulsing veins Heavy memories weighing on my brain Hot and heavy in the basement of your parents' place You used to be so sweet Now you're a firecracker on a crowded street Couldn't look away even if I wanted Try to walk away but I come back to the start And it happens over and over and over and over again Over and over and over and over again I wish I was over it, over it, over it, over it A hidden gem, my own goldmine You had the wide and wild eyes You were a secret to yourself You couldn't keep from anyone else Now you're the biggest brightest flame You are a fire that can't be tamed You're better than ever, but I knew you when It's bittersweet to see you again

I'm a ghost, walking in a boring dream You are there, talking and I'm not listening I am busy doing nothing And you're rudely interrupting It's a myth and now I see it clearly You don't have to be sad to make something worth hearing Now I'm calm and content One more burden off my back You don't wanna be a creator Doesn't mean you've got nothing to say Put down the pen, don't let it force your hand I'm a ghost, walking on an empty street No name anymore, no need to call for me I'm a long-lost hometown hero Late to legendary past lives within me If I had the offer to do it again Make me invincible, invisible, or brain dead If the body and the life were two things that we could divide I'd deliver up my shell to be filled with somebody else You don't wanna be a creator Doesn't mean you've got nothing to say Put down the pen, don't let it force your hand You don't wanna be a leader Doesn't mean you don't know the way Hold your own hand, walk on without a plan

Longing for your short hair to grow back to the way you like Thank you for the gesture I regret ever implying that you could be better Didn't mean to empty your perfect body And fill it with my passing will Easily won, weary of losing, gullible girl Weak and alluring, well, we break our rules Get drunk in the dark Laughing aloud at the spinning stars Believe me, I'm speaking plainly and painfully Trying to stay elegant, eloquent, and akin to you I see you holding your breath with your arms outstretched Waiting for someone to come rip open your chest You take me aside To solemnly confide When it comes the time You plan to give your body to the flame

Your clothes in the dryer Your hair on the shower wall Your toothbrush is too much Your shoes empty in the hall Your keys on the counter Your dirty dish in the sink Please, don't make me see these things The books on your shelf that you never read The hunting knife you kept by your bed The flowers you dried and tied up with twine Suspended from the ceiling You tell me you love me like it'll be the last time Like you're playing out the end of a storyline I say, "I love you too" because it's true What else am I supposed to do? Maybe bar the door when you move to leave I think you mean what you say When you say you wanna die I think you mean what you say When you say you want to stay alive Quit your job Cut your hair, get a dog Change your name Change your mind Change your ways, give them time Go back to school, go back to sleep Tell the secret you can't keep Begin, be done Break a vow, make a new one Call me if you need a friend Or never talk to me again But please stay But please stay But please stay But please stay