Old Friends

[Verse 1]

Walking outside labyrinthian

Over cracks along under the trees

I know this town grounded in a compass

Cardinal landing in the dogwood

I keep going over it over and over

My steps iterate my shame

How come every outcome's such a comedown?

Lately afternoon with the shades drawn down

[Pre-Chorus]

Kept saying I just wanted to see you

Saying, "What's wrong with that?"

Needles shaking outlines in a compass

Every outcome's such a comedown

[Chorus]

I knew it when I saw it

So, I did just what I wanted

So, I go through with this

I knew happiness when I saw it

[Verse 2]

I saw your boyfriend at the Port Authority

Sort of fucked up place

Well so I averted my stride on a quick one

He's coming back from going over to your place, huh?

I feel like I could forget about it

I feel like I could mellow out

I don't feel undone in a big way

There's nothing really bad to be upset about

[Pre-Chorus]

But when I thought I was getting better

I woke up on the ground

An appointment or a disappointment

A setback, oh, another comedown

[Chorus]

As if I needed a reminder

Oh, I do only what I wanna

So, I go through with this

[Bridge]

Walking out in the nighttime springtime

Needling my way home

I saw Leah on the bus a few months ago

I saw some old friends at her funeral

My steps keep splitting my grief

Through these solipsistic moods

I should call my parents when I think of them

Should tell my friends when I love them

[Pre-Chorus]

Maybe I should have gone out a bit more

When you guys were still in town

I got too caught up in my own shit

That's how every outcome's such a comedown

[Chorus]

And I knew it when I saw it

Oh, I did just what I wanted

So, I go through with this

I knew happiness when I saw it (And I saw it)