In the summer and the pre-falls
When we signed ourselves away
And looked back at all our close-calls
Not as lessons but mistakes
And we tied ourselves off from
One another to make it look
Like we’d closed the door behind us
Like we’d never left a mark on
Anything we kept around
[Hearing passing train lullabies]
Talking just to hear a sound
[From porches moving cars]
Everything that I keep down is
[Never thinking where they’re going]
Doubling back to snuff me out
[just wondering where they are]
And if they are nearby
How many minutes would it take to get there?
How deluded and stupid
But good enough to pass the time
Take a hint, get the fuck out and ask yourself
Is this it? Am I just a piece of you and nothing else?
I don’t know if I’m cool with that
Like a stone I am unmoved, fill my letters in
And we tied ourselves off from
One another to make it look
Like we’d closed the door behind us
Like we’d never left a mark on
Anything we kept around
[Hearing passing train lullabies]
Talking just to hear a sound
[From porches moving cars]
Everything that I keep down is
[Never thinking where they’re going]
Doubling back to snuff me out
[just wondering where they are]
And if they are nearby
How many minutes would it take to get there?
How deluded and stupid
But good enough to pass the time
Take a hint, get the fuck out and ask yourself
Is this it? Am I just a piece of you and nothing else?
I don’t know if I’m cool with that
Like a stone I am unmoved, fill my letters in
Everything that I keep down is doubling back to snuff me out
Everything that I keep down is doubling back to snuff me out
Everything that I keep down is doubling back to snuff me out
[Never thinking where they’re going, just wondering where they are]
[Am I just a...Am I just a piece of you and...]
credits
from Don't Go Away - The REMIX,
released April 23, 2020
All music and lyrics composed by the Running Youngs. Mixed and mastered by Jordan Wagel.
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