Not As Bad Lyrics
I need you to get here and pencil in anything
So many switches end the silence
I want to shout it out and resonate a new way
All the long days
We couldn't always read the short way or read correctly
Please redirect me if it stays here
Make it not too late to get lost
Always anticipating blame
I am aging here for all of the things that will be new again
Drink through what you can see through
If it breaks the rules they gave you, take it off
Amnesia helps to get you there when
You can't remember how to let the cars do what they will do
When the train derails
Take this as your moment to fly
Personable personalities for fear of being found out, left behind
I'm younger guns traveling eastward and up
Making good on claims to shove west
When gold country washes prospects in again
Drink through what you can see through
If it breaks the rules they gave you, take it off
Amnesia helps to get you there when
You can't remember how to let the cars do what they will do
When the train derails
Ditching the tracks for the town
Scream our lungs and walk past Oz
Walk past foreign dreams to know it all
Because we are young, we are undone
And we know just what's good for us
True and real things can be touched
And felt and told without tongues
We search for new answers
Drink through what you can see through
If it breaks the rules they gave you, take it off
Amnesia helps to get you there when
You can't remember how to let the cars do what they will do
When the train derails
Take this as your moment to fly
Jordan: "Brian McTernan felt this song was a little too 90s alternative / post hardcore / indie-sounding, and having worked with bands like Texas Is The Reason, he was in the right to call that out. I took it as a compliment even though I think he intended it to mean something else ha ha. Either way, we made the song happen for the record, and it feels like the pick of the litter to me. It's the oddball song out. The words are about throwing caution to the wind and breaking all the rules you were ever given. You have see what works for you. If it's bad (which it very well could not be) then you'll at least know for sure, but chances are, until you've tried something it's not ever what it seems it to be (before you had tried out whatever it is). It could be something awesome."