Lyrics

At 17, I bet that I was such a handsome thing I bet that you could see the optimism dripping off of me But I suppose this is how it always had to go The clouds were rolling in, the skies were graying quickly But I grit my teeth and I beat my chest in the greedy face of the ugliness And I pushed it down where I could not feel it Then I kept my cool, because my cool concealed it But I know, I can't let it go I've been here too long Maybe I'm the one that changed, but if so I want the devil I know, not some angel I don't If it seems like they're all singing along but they're doing it wrong, you're doing it wrong I can feel it in the air Now something tells me, we've been here before At 21, I was basking in the warming sun I fell in love with the idea that life had meaning to it So imagine my surprise when I did realize that everybody here was just coincidental You take your love, put it on your shelf, while you're moving units for someone else Til you see dead eyes in the mirror's face It's a fucked up time, in a fucked up place But I know, I can't let it go I've been here too long Maybe I'm the one that changed, but if so I want the devil I know, not some angel I don't If it seems like they're all singing along but they're doing it wrong, you're doing it wrong I can feel it in the air Now something tells me, we've been here Something colder in the air As I feel my eyes growing tired and blind Can you calm me down Would you calm me down Because my bones and spirit bend and break but I never thought that they would Now I'm 33, and all that's left for me is greed, spite, and jealousy Oh, the humanity!