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 likt your legs aren't 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 leaves

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