Standard (EADGBE)

Make what you can out of nothing

 Keep bluffing your way to extinction

 You're a sick fuck to think

 That this, unlike anything else, will last forever

Building rock anthems a jigsaw exterior

You see what you miss

 But you can't stand to be near her

 It's bigger than that you realize

 But short-sighted impulses own what's left of your dignity

Tell yourself quietly don't plow the field yet

 You're waiting to grow some new life from retrospect

You know free agency pays little in the long run

 But you just don't feel like your legs are that tired yet

Friends and go-betweens

 Sing like canaries crushed in leaves

 This is the thanks you get

Somewhere that's sweet

 Maybe someday we will meet

 And I can thank you without strings

 All these befores that get drilled on long after

It's all just leverage when you're sure that it's over

The street goes blurry like a movie that you saw once

Minutes freeze but you can't collect the corners still

She used to whisper you name like a refrain

And when she held you, you know, you felt safer

 But your demons are fucking huge

 You stack your deck to lose

 You say there's nothing you can do

Well we all know that you're lying

Friends and go-betweens

 Sing like canaries crushed in Spring

 This is the thanks you get

You get what you put in

 I guess that's bullshit in the end

 Written under fluorescent lights

 That replace the sun at night