On The Brain

[Verse 1]

I spoke to your brother over the airwaves

He cut his curls off but he's still got your face

All of me wonders if he likes your new babe

And part of me misses when I used to think straight

I'm holding down August like it's gonna leave soon

Don't let me fall in the way that the leaves do

Call me on speed dial, say "I didn't mean to"

Step through my stomach, I'm starving and see through

[Chorus]

And I am not awake

I'm only breathing just for breathing's sake

I only hope you call her by my name

Enough for her to know I'm on the brain

I'm on the brain

[Verse 2]

I cried like a coward when I drove through Cambridge

And left with the same sinking feeling I came with

What used to be ours is foreign and faded

And under her shoes like the shit in the pavement

You make the city feel like a small town

Now she hears cathederal bells when she goes down

Don't ask how I'm doing, I'll tell you "I'm so sound"

Been under your bed but I think that I'll go now

[Chorus]

And you are wide awake

I really wish you'd say that I'm to blame

I don't have the best intentions babe

I just want her to know I'm on the brain

I'm on the brain

[Verse 3]

I'm not a big person, I'm just getting smaller

Sit on your tongue, make you such a sweet talker

You started flirting with somebody's daughter

And I started yearning for bodies of water

I wrote her a love song though I've never met her

I love her for loving and learning you better

She'll have me all wrong, you'll surely let her believe

You knew that I wasn't forever

[Chorus]

And we were meant to break

I never gave as much as I would take

Ellie's such a pretty name

I think she should know she's on the brain

She's on the brain

On the brain, she's on the brain