They Hate Our Freedom

You said "Calm down honey and sit real still
If it's that important, you don't have to yell"
When I said "Calm down honey and sit real still
I can hear in your voice you're not feeling well"
You said "I'm at the beach
Where the low flying planes shake the shells beneath my feet"

You woke up suddenly at 5 AM
Your mattress on the floor
You called your brother
Screaming about your taxes this year
And if you were going to jail
And he said "Go back to sleep
And talk about it in the morning"
You've made a life out of worrying
You have trouble doing the right things, the right way

I'm humbled when a friendship ends
When you're young everything's out of reach
Then everything falls short
I woke up dreamin' about the corn at Antietam
Then I laid and thought that we haven't talked in a long time
Cause when I was with you
I mostly just felt alright

We just can't square growing up
Now I'm a lost ball in your tall grass
And when clean blood work don't excite just like it should
This better get fun soon

On 9/11 your mom
Took you to see Legally Blonde

She covered your eyes

And we just want to know that you're alright
And we just want to know that you're alright