Mineral // Slower
It’s been so long since I’ve been by myself
And I need this more than you will ever know
People like you and me never felt the breeze
People like you and me will never know the easy way
I scream into the wind and laugh
As the words slap me in the face
I would gladly trade a lifetime of convenience
For an honest day or two
It’s just not the same when you’re staring
Into a perfect golden sunset
And thinking about how you sold your soul
To send the rain away
It’s been so long since I’ve stood on my two feet
I’d really rather lay here and pretend
But people like you and me never get that peace
It comes from denying that everything is so screwed up
It’s so screwed up
I stand on a building and throw up my arms to the sky
I swallow my pride and admit
That it’s not always best to understand the reason why
It’s just not the same when you wake up in the morning
With a smile on your face
When you know you lied yourself to sleep to make it better
To make it better
the bolded parts are just so perfect. unbelievable.
Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) - What Had Taken Years To Put Together Was Destroyed In One Moment
“time is better spent on things you can change”
Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) - “I Swim Like A Minnow”
you bobby-pinned your auburn hair back,
as we crossed over the washington state line in my grandfather’s car
we were fleeing the scene of a california coast line,
where we buried our dreams among the gridlock and concrete
barefoot, we pulled off the road, and stepped into the summer night
and we drank greedily of greenery and open air
this was not the time or place to address
the emptiness that hung around us
or how the end of this trip birthed us with uncertainty
of what to do next
