“Pull out your clothes You’re made for something special.” If that’s what it takes to get you out of bed You think you’re meant for California But that’s just in your head
I saw you howling at the street lights Pressed against the skin you want to shed You tore down all the walls for answers And found this shit instead
You and I remember in distinctly different ways How we realized that we simply don’t belong Like a cast of shallow characters performing on a stage Our final bow before the curtain comes Throw up your hands like everyone’s offensive Give up to God if that’s your cup of tea Once everybody else around you Is bitter just like me Don’t let the poison that surrounds you Stifle out the life you want to live Please know it truly doesn’t matter And truly never did
You and I have woken up With hollow copies of our names With your scripted and directed set of lines Like a cast of shallow characters performing on a stage You know we’ll soon be fading from their minds You and I, we both remember in distinctly different ways How we realized that we simply don’t belong Like a cast of shallow characters performing on a stage Our final bow before the curtain comes Our final bow before the curtain comes Before the curtain comes…