sophomore
falling asleep (if you can call it that)
in that mood where
you know..
you're tensed up, keeping up
the whole card house of lies
not to or for anyone else
but to yourself
because if you're honest
i mean really relax..well,
you'll never get to sleep like that
honestly
when your 17 going on 28
who has time for
honesty
but we don't lose any sleep
and '20 million children'
is a figure quoted without missing a beat
and everyone's a jericho
this walled city (with smiling guards that lie, 'i love you')
that keeps everyone else out
while we whine for someone to care about
when i was a child
i saw as a fool
but i never knew i'd have to get so wise
and how did we get so warped inside
does it stop at heaven
if we get to heaven (God, help i've so little faith)
maybe every last one of us should just die
and hasten that day
"i'm hanging on by this much"
But I'm so tired of this town
where friends turn from human to cheap jokes
with bad attitudes and a penchant for coke
"i'm hanging on by this much
just by this much"
in that mood where
you know..
you're tensed up, keeping up
the whole card house of lies
not to or for anyone else
but to yourself
because if you're honest
i mean really relax..well,
you'll never get to sleep like that
honestly
when your 17 going on 28
who has time for
honesty
but we don't lose any sleep
and '20 million children'
is a figure quoted without missing a beat
and everyone's a jericho
this walled city (with smiling guards that lie, 'i love you')
that keeps everyone else out
while we whine for someone to care about
when i was a child
i saw as a fool
but i never knew i'd have to get so wise
and how did we get so warped inside
does it stop at heaven
if we get to heaven (God, help i've so little faith)
maybe every last one of us should just die
and hasten that day
"i'm hanging on by this much"
But I'm so tired of this town
where friends turn from human to cheap jokes
with bad attitudes and a penchant for coke
"i'm hanging on by this much
just by this much"