Cul-De-Sac

[Verse 1]

I've been leaving messages

On an answering machine

In a house that's always empty, so I know nobody's listening

I've been confessing my transgressions over tape hiss

The silence makes me sick

No good can come from this

[Chorus]

I'm letting go

I've been hanging on like poison ivy

Out of cold suburban concrete

From a careless urban sprawl

I'm letting go

You know we can't keep out of trouble

I thought my kids would call you uncle

I thought we'd never be alone

[Verse 2]

Well I got images

Of you inside my head

Outside of the gas station where we always used to shoplift

It's *car-crash rhetoric*

We fucked up everything we came in contact with

Just boyhood recklessness

[Chorus]

I'm letting go

I've been hanging on like poison ivy

Out of cold suburban concrete

From a careless urban sprawl

I'm letting go

You know we can't keep out of trouble

I thought my kids would call you uncle

I thought we'd never be alone

[Bridge]

If you walked me home

Then you'd know how weak my arms got

I just can't carry you

If you walked me home

Well, I know that I'd have flashbacks

Of snow angels and gut laughs

If you walked me home

But you won't, you're all alone

On some bullshit, pill-bottle vision quest

If you walked me home

Well, I don't know when I would finally

Work up the backbone

To walk alone

[Outro]

I’m letting go

'Cause I loved you

But I have to

I'm letting go

You know we can't keep out of trouble

I thought my kids would call you uncle

I thought we'd never be alone

I’m letting go

(If you walked me home...)