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lyrics

I’m coming at you with the unearned confidence of several youth pastors that I went to for advice when I was young.
They were never right, but they made the wrong things sound fun.
They were never right, but neither is anyone.

Yeah, I’m coming at you with a toxic fire in my eyes.
I’m coming at you with all the things that make successful guys seem well-qualified, living their impressive lives with their quietly desperate and overshadowed wives.

“We’re not them,” we assure ourselves, as we watch the sunset
Drinking deeply to our love, drinking to our regrets
I feel them in my knees. They’re blurring up your eyes.
I blame it on my youth. God’s been cruel and so have I.

I wrote a couple songs about the way I feel right now.
I couldn’t ever finish them. I just didn’t know how.
I’ve been screening calls from people I care about.
I just couldn’t answer them. I’m sure they’ll figure it out.

I guess all I want right now is to be your carry on, tucked away nearby someplace safe where I can’t bother anyone.
Maybe right above your head, with the ideas that don’t make it to your tongue
With the prayers that we all land safe and the sense not to clap when it’s done.

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from This Life Must Be Long, released December 4, 2020

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