the mantra (april 10th)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Can we take the long way home? I don't wanna pay attention Can we stop and sit and smoke I'm desperate for a distraction Do you also feel undone? Now I fear anyone Who seems to understand the mantra And it goes [Chorus] Peace and love and happiness Doesn't really mean shit When you don't practice it When you just hold it in Peace and love and happiness Doesn't really mean shit When you don't practice it When you just hold it in [Post-Chorus] And God, the world's so loud nowadays But things could quiet down If we just figure it out Like we always do [Verse 2] Did you take the wrong way home? I know you wanted something That made you feel a little less alone And not surrounded by nothing I project myself on you 'Cause you're the only wall in this room Without a window with a view Yeah, it goes [Chorus] Peace and love and happiness Doesn't really mean shit When you don't practice it When you just hold it in Peace and love and happiness Doesn't really mean shit When you don't practice it [Post-Chorus] And God, the world's so loud nowadays But things could quiet down If we just figure it out Like we always do Like we always will Like we promised to each other When we loitered on the treadmill Look how that turned out Are you happier now? Do you think if you were honest When you should have been Things would be different? [Chorus] Peace and love and happiness Doesn't really mean shit When you don't practice it When you just hold it in Peace and love and happiness Doesn't really mean shit When you don't practice it When you just hold it in [Bridge] You kissed me I called you a nickname then You turned to me and said "Don't call me that right now" As I'm leaving your life And your house It was muscle memory to adore you I don't think it hit me yet One year came and it went Oh, it's already April 10th Counting down to the midnight you left Yes, yes, yes, yes Yes, yes, yes, yes Yes, yes, yes, yes Yes, yes, yes, yes Yes, yes, yes, yes Yes, yes, yes, yes Yes, yes, yes, yes Yes [Verse 3] I destroyed the pictures That I kept up on my closet door Of us, the last time we were happy I tried to wear the necklace on my chest But it was too much So I threw it in the trash And I didn't take it back [Outro] (Texas) (Texas) (Texas) (Texas) (Hi) (Hi! Texas) (Texas, baby!) (The-) (Something Mumford this way Sons) (What?!) (What?)