Field Sobriety Practice

I sit, banking karma on the other line
This flashing cry is sinking in the room
And I'll fry myself at the stake
If it means you call me home
If it means I get control

Oh, please, remove the wire from my neck
Belittle keys that you can't spend
I think it's time that we grow legs
And walk to the ocean now
It's an empty promise of killing time
Time that we don't have

Quiet desperation
Could it be I deserve?
'Cause when I look in thе mirror
I don't see anyone who cares

For the longеst time I loved to call it quits
On what prevents the quiet pill delete
But you can never be too careful, with obsessive checks
I'm not convinced, you'll miss me when I'm gone

Authentically spiritual pollution
My brumation will still make me ill-bred
Plastic wrap around the supernova's atmosphere
The magnetic field gets its own buffet

Everything
Must be saved
So don't squander this second chance
(You won't be spared)
From my scrupulous
Oddity price check

Show your baby face
Show your hand
Do you think it's funny
To spit on my motherland?
So far I've had nothing but scratch-off luck
And in turn, my shoulder in a sand pit
So in uncertain worry
I will ask if you want me still

There's nothing left, just a silhouette
'Cause you dried your eyes looking at ghosts all day
Nothing for the ground, just a casket
And no one'll miss you as much as they do right now

I'll turn right off at Castleberry
Headed to the house where you no longer live
And even though I've forgotten the gate code
I'll still feel the strokes of the numbers in my muscles
And Scout, who knows my scent
Has seen your eyes scan me down
And he'll know just as much as you or me
Why I'm back and stable

Am I the whisper
Waiting here
Expecting a bang?
I want it to end

Geek squad navel gazing
I'll reply with my open mouth gaping
Square shoulders marriage hazing
I'll reply with my open mouth gaping

Oh Lord, my God
I've done everything you asked
I took the bee right out of the glass and it stung me right back
All the animals that escaped from the zoo (I spent a whole year)
Are in my backyard while I am too (waiting for this?)
They can capture my flag, call this home base
Rob me of my bed

Let us not forget how fortunate we are
That these lovers and liars and leavers are all here
Spent and dry
Spending the day with the family
With heartburn and backaches
I am poised to be
The stay at home dad of the century

But when I look in the mirror
I don't see someone who's worthy

For the longest time I loved to call it quits
On what prevents the quiet pill delete
But you can never be too careful, with obsessive checks
I'm not convinced you'll miss me when I'm gone

I see the string lights in the boat yard
After swimming through Lanier for hours
I never knew I'd come home
To such a warm welcome