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Sittin' 'round, no work today
Try pacing to keep awake
Layin' 'round, no school today
Just drink until the clock has circled all the way
It's late afternoon
As you walk through the rooms
Of a house that is quiet
Except for unanswered telephones
You stand near the sink
You're mixing a drink
You think you don't want to pass out
Where your roommates will find you again
Stumble 'round the neighborhood - nothin' to do
You're always looking for something
To sniff, smoke, or swallow
Callin' over next door to see what they got
Yeah you would settle for anything
That would make your brain slow down or stop
This circle of thoughts you chase
Before they catch back up with you
Your parents noticed your thinnin' face
All the weight you lost
All the weight you're losin'
You said, "I'm done feeling like a skeleton
no more sleepwalking dead"
You're gonna wake from this coma
You're gonna crawl from this bed you've made
Stop counting on the camera
That hangs round your neck
Cause you won't ever remember
What you choose to forget
As you try to find some source of light
Try to name one thing you like
You used to have such a longer list
And light, you never had to look for it
But now it's so easy, well it's so easy to second guess everything you do
Until all you want, all you want is to finish this half empty glass
Before the ice all melts away
This feeling always used to pass
Seems like it's every day
Seems like it's every night now
Try pacing to keep awake
Layin' 'round, no school today
Just drink until the clock has circled all the way
It's late afternoon
As you walk through the rooms
Of a house that is quiet
Except for unanswered telephones
You stand near the sink
You're mixing a drink
You think you don't want to pass out
Where your roommates will find you again
Stumble 'round the neighborhood - nothin' to do
You're always looking for something
To sniff, smoke, or swallow
Callin' over next door to see what they got
Yeah you would settle for anything
That would make your brain slow down or stop
This circle of thoughts you chase
Before they catch back up with you
Your parents noticed your thinnin' face
All the weight you lost
All the weight you're losin'
You said, "I'm done feeling like a skeleton
no more sleepwalking dead"
You're gonna wake from this coma
You're gonna crawl from this bed you've made
Stop counting on the camera
That hangs round your neck
Cause you won't ever remember
What you choose to forget
As you try to find some source of light
Try to name one thing you like
You used to have such a longer list
And light, you never had to look for it
But now it's so easy, well it's so easy to second guess everything you do
Until all you want, all you want is to finish this half empty glass
Before the ice all melts away
This feeling always used to pass
Seems like it's every day
Seems like it's every night now
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this song is really depressing. it seems to be about drug addiction of a friend who trys as he might can seem to free himself and sober up
this song hits and it hits hard. very strong. Is it my imagination or is everything this kid does genius? I swear, he's brilliant.
conor is brilliant, and so is the title of this song in relation to our lives (metaphorically speaking)
if any song ever could bring you down, this would be it. It shows the urgent hopelessness that so many kids can feel.
Incredibly meaningful lyrics.
conor must have read catcher in the rye and maybe got a lot out of the section where holden's sister asked him to name one thing he likes. and he couldn't name a thing. It's very good book with a character that you'd expect to be simple until something very profound comes out of his mouth.
Am I the only one who thinks a lot of the music is amphigory? As in, Shakespere?
Good yes, one of my favorite artists, but the fact remains....
I love this part of the song because its saying how his depression used to be every once and a while and and now it doesnt ever go away and how its making everything different.
as you try to find some source of light try to name one thing you like you used to have such a longer list and light you never had to look for it but now it's so easy to second guess everything you do until all you want is to finish this half empty glass before the ice melts away this feeling used to pass but seems like it's every day and every night now
Amazing song
This song is so amazing. =)
It is amazing, I cannot get enough of his music. he is an absolute genius. These songs are so deep, but understandable. I can relate to most of them in many ways. Just like most people, or most people I know.