Make what you can out of nothing   Keep bluffing your way to extinction   You're a sick fuck to think   That this, unlike anything else, will last forever   Building rock anthems a jigsaw exterior   You see what you miss   But you can't stand to be near her   It's bigger than that you realize   But short-sighted impulses own what's left of your dignity   Tell yourself quietly don't plow the field yet   You're waiting to grow some new life from retrospect   You know free agency pays little in the long run   But you just don't feel likt your legs aren't that tired yet   Friends and go-betweens   Sing like canaries crushed in leaves   This is the thanks you get   Somewhere that's sweet   Maybe someday we will meet   And I can thank you without strings   All these befores that get drilled on long after   It's all just leverage when you're sure that it's over   The street goes blurry like a movie that you saw once   Minutes freeze but you can't collect the corners still   She used to whisper you name like a refrain   And when she held you, you know, you felt safer   But your demons are fucking huge   You stack your deck to lose   You say there's nothing you can do   Well we all know that you're lying   Friends and go-betweens   Sing like canaries crushed in leaves   This is the thanks you get   You get what you put in   I guess that's bullshit in the end   Written under fluorescent lights   That replace the sun at night