Yeah, I know how this goes already You’ll call me up and I’ll say I’m busy Then later I’ll show up when I’m feeling lonely But we’ll just argue about each others’ favorite movies ‘Cause you hate romance and I don’t care for action I never told you anything But I would if I thought you’d listen You never tell me anything But somehow I’m still...Learn More

I call it the gnawing When my stomach tells me that it’s missing something But it’s never full I’m feeling the wanting While the faces on the podium are smiling With their gold medals I knew what I wanted Just to prove that I could be the best at something But it’s not enough Cause I didn’t love it Like I love playing three chords in someone’s...Learn More

I came of age in the scene with boys in eyeliner and girls’ jeans Each one a better, bitter version of me They made it very clear who got to tell the stories And I knew all my idols were something I’d never be Do you need your narrator to look like you? Will you still sing along? Do you stop to notice who is singing And who gets to own the...Learn More

Are we artists, are we fighters, are we all of the above? Are we clear now on what matters, are we doing what we love? Are we lacing up our gloves to finally show the world and ourselves what we’re truly made of? I wouldn’t do this if I didn’t need to You wouldn’t hear this if I didn’t bleed through I’m giving everything until all that’s left Is...Learn More

What do you do? What do you really do? With your time and your friends and your anger too Are you working it? Does it work for you? What do you make? What do you really make? With your hands and your mind and your heartache Do you change the rules, do you raise the stakes? If I asked you right now to be honest, would you just run away? If I told...Learn More

Show me a ship that's leaving shore I'll show you the wreckage Take me out of my element And I'll find the exit I'll show you a different side of me, then run away And I will not sleep for days You can take the girl out of the corner Can you take the corner out of the girl? Sing now of youth and cruelty Yeah, we're the experts “What did the...Learn More

The kids who valued being different, but only in one way, were always the worst Tolerated me for liking the right bands But then mocked me for not knowing them first And then there was me, the wallflower in red lipstick Asking permission to exist When you're convinced you're doing life wrong It's so easy to collect the evidence The price of being...Learn More

I threw a penny in the fountain And I wished I could get your attention Not a crush, per se I just wanted to exist within your orbit Now it’s ten years later And you’re pretty famous And we’re still not friends Now it’s ten years later And I’ve kind of realized Looking up to you is hurting my neck Drop the torch Let it burn You’ve seen all there...Learn More

Do you know at all times how far you are from the door? Do you plan your escape for if it isn’t what you bargained for? ‘Cause I do Yeah I do Do you find yourself stuck on the motion of their eyes Wondering if you’re the game or even worse the prize? ‘Cause I do Yeah I do I’m not trying to be one of the guys I’d just like to be one of the...Learn More

When I'm nervous I talk like the SATs Trying to ameliorate the obfuscation of something, or something Motormouth, slow down, they say I've heard it all before Do you really think that I want to be this way? I can't connect, I'm at a different pace I never win, I'm in a different race I'm terrified, they see it on my face When I'm nervous I run...Learn More