Adrian (Live)

Lyrics

It's called "Adrian" Adrian came home again last summer Things just haven't been the same 'round here And people talk And people stare Oh, Adrian, come out and play An unfortunate accident in a canoe Doctor said, "I'm sorry not much I can do" And the air was so still And his eyes, they did not blink Oh, Adrian, come out and play Little Mary Epperson liked him She vowed always to take good care of him But still he did not move And the doctor said, "It's no use" Oh, Adrian, come out and play She sat by his side and watched the years fly by He looked so fragile, he looked so small And she wondered why he was still alive at all Everyone in town had that "I'm-so-sorry look" They talked in a whispered hush, said "I'd turn the machines off" But still she sat by his side She said, "Life, he won't be denied" Oh, Adrian, come out and play And yellow flowers decorate his bedroom A sign above the door says, "Welcome Home" And he just sits and stares He's awake but he's still not there Oh, Adrian, come out and play So she sat by his side and watched the years fly by He looked so fragile, he looked so small She wondered why he was still alive at all Little Mary Epperson grew up lovely And she vowed always to visit him on Sundays He's like an unused toy He's got big hands but the mind of a little boy Oh, Adrian, come out and play Adrian came home again last summer Things just haven't been the same around here I'm gonna do one, I haven't, I just wrote it Okay, I gotta think about it I was really bummed when I wrote this 'Cause it's funny When you grow up in some place like Alaska It's so beautiful and it's really easy to have some faith, you know what I mean? And faith, after all, is what carries you through like the darkest of days You just have to believe that time will pass, somehow the tide will come back in, and I won't feels so incredibly shitty tomorrow And it's hard, 'cause like people lose faith, you know, when you're surrounded by crime, and murder, and pollution everyday But it's really what like makes everything okay, and I, I think if we could just be—shut up, I'm talking That was obnoxious, girl I was kidding God, I'm insulting people So anyways, I thought if we can be surrounded by beauty we become what we see 'Cause all we're told in the news is how evil we are, and how racist we are, and all these things