No Better

we roll in heavy summer when there’s strength in our numbers
and your breath’s hot and gross, but I kiss you like a lover
legs stick to the seats of the car someone grew into
I forget the knowledge from the lessons that I went to
and Jamie picks fights but they're weak and short-lived
because no one can be bothered when it’s humid like this
and we roll in heavy summer like it’s shameful to be under
’neath the ceiling or a roof
try come out and steal our thunder
now the days are getting cooler and the burning of our limbs
doesn’t happen quite as bad and the burn is just skin
deep in the fantasies and dreams of the winter
like the movies that we watch that pretend it wasn’t winter
and everywhere we go, I can feel a subtle taste
of the deeds outgrown and the welcome overstayed
and you’re no better at swimming than you were in the beginning
but you come over at night and we practice all the breathing
go all the way
have your fun
have it all
this’ll take you down
get through the days
do your thing
do it well
this’ll take you down
I pull the trick if I want to
I pull the trick and it comes true
I’m chewing gum and it’s killing you
we’re getting dead and it’s the right way to do it
I see you happy in the front seat
I see you with all of your front teeth
you’re allergic but you never said
we’re getting dead and it’s the right way
go all the way
have your fun
have it all
this’ll take you down
get through the days
do your thing
do it well
this’ll take you down