No Better
We roll in heavy summer
when there's strength in our numbers
and your breath's hot and gross,
but I kiss you like a lover.
Legs stick to the seats
of the car someone grew into.
I forget the knowledge
from the lessons that I went to.
And Jamie picks fights,
but they're weak and short-lived
because no one can be bothered
when it's humid like this.
And we roll in heavy summer
like it's shameful to be underneath
a ceiling or a roof.
Try to come out and steal our thunder.
Now the days are getting cooler
and the burning of our limbs
doesn't happen quite as bad.
And the burning's just skin-deep
in the fantasies and dreams of the winter
like the movies that we watched
to pretend it wasn't winter.
And everywhere we go,
I can feel the subtle taste
of the deeds outgrown
and the welcome overstayed
And you're no better at swimming
than you were in the beginning,
but you come over at night
and we practice all the breathing.
Go all the way, have your fun
Have it all, this'll take you down
Get through the days, do your thing
Do it well, this'll take you down
I pull the trick if I want to
I pull the trick and it comes true
I'm chewing gum and it's killing you
We're getting dead and it's the right way to do it
I see you happy in the front seat
I see you with all of your front teeth
You're allergic but you never said
We're getting dead and it's the right way
