Manila

Lyrics

Packing all expressions away Folding the tiny fastener down Another day will see this manila Envelope opened again Where will you be, my friend? oh Balcony at a piece of performance art Or the back booth of a Culver's Or a Marriott courtyard in some suburb Of some metropolitan area you've never been When will you be opening it again? Cannon balling off of the pier With your new bleach blonde hair I remember you well, but not why we were there Twenty O' seven, twelve years ago An impressionist old canvas of impressionable ego And although I suppose I could take it as proof it's all makeshift The way the sun looks from inside of an eyelid Right now it makes me angry which we've learned Is merely sadness pushing outward, ever outward till it bursts Oh, we know you can't be perfect Could you at least try to be good So you can say "this came out better than I thought it would" Ideally, by the time you settle down You'll bring a lightness to your town and all those around Remember: every mayor, beloved NBA player, every Saint's Been caught in the perennial cliche you're living now Siphon off a bit of the poise you seek Shaking your head glibly when they try to read your face and they guess you're a pisces As if you've ever thought of it for longer than a minute As if you want to be here or give a shit Assume they're giving one back, at this point a leap "I'm taurus" you crack, and they ask if you have weed And for the first time in at least a decade, you do truly wish you could say "Yes I do and it's really good, let us go obfuscate This kitchenette we're in Because i'm tired of my two friends I'm tired of congenial misery" But lying don't come easy anymore, a hundred shoes outside the door but you can't find yours And Life is full of subtle changes, this ain't one, to some you're lame; but you're comfortable Maybe by the time you leave your town And get a thousand miles down you'll turn around Because you miss the stale emotion and the sounds of train stops passing And all that you can't stand to even think about right now