Passing Through a Screen Door

Lyrics

[Intro] Cigarette smoke dances back in the window And I can see the haze on the dome light I'm conjuring ghosts on a forty-hour ride home And they keep asking me what I'm doing with my life While my cousins go to bed with their wives I'm feeling like I've fallen behind [Verse 1] Well, the highway won I'm listening to traffic reports one on one Coming quietly undone I was born to run Away from anything good An escape artist's son Sun-drenched pavement in my blood The first thing that I do when I walk in Is find a way out for when shit gets bad, and [Chorus] I've been looking for Tears in the screen door (Tears in the screen door) I've been waiting for Another disaster (Another disaster) [Verse 2] Well I'm terrified Like a kid in the sixties Staring at the sky Waiting for the bomb to fall And it's all a lie What they say about stability It scares me sometimes The emptiness I see in my eyes And all the kids' names I've ever liked Are tied to tragedy And I don't want my children growing up to be Anything like me [Chorus] I've been looking for Tears in the screen door (Tears in the screen door) I've been waiting for Another disaster (Another disaster) And I was kinda hoping you'd stay I was kinda hoping you'd stay [Bridge] I keep a flashlight And a small knife In the corner of my bed stand I keep a flashlight And the train times But you wouldn't understand How could you understand? Jesus Christ, I'm twenty-six All the people I graduated with All have kids All have wives All have people who care if they come home at night Well, Jesus Christ, did I fuck up? [Chorus] I've been looking for Tears in the screen door (Tears in the screen door) I've been waiting for Another disaster (Another disaster) And I was kinda hoping you'd stay I was kinda hoping you'd stay I was kinda hoping you'd stay