Everlasting

Being honest just got you in trouble So your mind is liquor and rubble And in all of your lonely spaces Sits attractive irrational thinking Like why can't you just get up, get out? Leave your wife and your kid and your house Stamp the fire and start one anew Like the darkness that's growing in you Leave the age on your face, the dog on the couch Leave the pain in your knee, the teeth in your mouth Leave the yells in the halls The paint on the walls and start living Golly, boy you're such a fool Don't you know we count on you? Grit your teeth and make us proud Fake it when you don't know how Is your brain singing songs to itself? Are the miles calling for help? Do your words taste real when they're belted? Does your mind feel good when it's melted? We're all here when you are not present We're all here when you're out and irreverent We're all here when you're lost to the static When you act as if you're made for acting We're all here when the shame pokes the back of your frame We're all here when you're drunk and you still won't abstain We're all here when you treat your life like life everlasting Golly, boy you're such a fool Don't you know we count on you? Grit your teeth and make us proud Don't act like you don't know how