the ants on the floor all follow a line that promised to lead to much better times their friends that have been tell what they might find so on then they go with minimal doubt although they can’t see how things will turn out for their friends have made it through somehow and I’m just a human scared of how i got here and obsessed with the rest of my eighty odd years the prospect of death never seemed to phase me so i focus for sure on the present day’s weight in the back of my mind future local show dates and the dreams in my head well they seem pretty great just trying to sound the same way trying not to stay up late trying not to be afraid trying to be okay ‘till i can make it ‘cause the ants on the floor all follow a line that promised to lead to much better times their friends that have been tell what they might find so on then they go with minimal doubt although they can’t see how things will turn out for their friends have made it through somehow but sometimes the ants they can’t quite comprehend when the line breaks before it’s the promising end so they spin ‘round in circles in circles they spin ‘till they find it again and this thing called success well i know it won’t be the end of all doubts and all problems for me but that’s not the point you see live every day like it might be your last
 and don’t take for granted the freedoms you’re cast ‘cause someone looks better and runs twist as fast but this is all you have to be

i tried to write a better song i really tried i tried to write a happy song i tried i tried to write a song that i believe in it’s simpler at best i tried to write the words i tend to feel and ignore all of the rest but i looked up and around and down at the ground and despite the friends i know i’ve found that i know are surely out there somewhere none of them were here and none could be near so tell me where you’ve been so i’ll find you again and tell me where you’re going so i know where to begin you said you’d always miss me i knew it wasn’t true ‘cause even though we tried i knew i’d end up missing you i’d end up missing you i’d end up missing you so i’m sitting in this seat alone just wishing i was free to roam but also i’d just rather stay inside and maybe i’ll do both if i just try so tell me where you’ve been so i’ll find you again and tell me where you’re going so i know where to begin you said you’d always miss me i knew it wasn’t true ‘cause even though we tried i knew i’d end up missing you i’d end up missing you i’d end up missing you and i can’t acquiesce everyone’s requests as a model so their parents will leave them at peace and rest but know i’ll do my best so tell me where you’ve been so i’ll find you again and tell me where you’re going so i know where to begin you said you’d always miss me i knew it wasn’t true ‘cause even though we tried i knew i’d end up missing you i’d end up missing you i’d end up missing you

headbang invisible walls and i’m not sure nearly forgot what it’s like but i’ve been here before the things that i don’t know i’d rather not know now and maybe if i ignore them they’ll go away somehow the day goes on sometimes there’s nowhere to be the things we do to survive seem so mainstream and maybe someone will want to just hear me but it’s not loud enough to breathe my senses aren’t confused just hear me out the silence in the air can make you drown and with the right kind of noise your mind can be found but sometimes what you need just isn’t around it’s not around no no it’s not around no no no i’ve tried to find it in these times - not around i know i don’t wanna die and no i’m not afraid to go but the big things in life you know they start to feel like a joke i learned what i’m supposed to know but time is quickly slow you know that nothing this life can be meaningless no but the trivial day to day driving walking sleeping say we go on and on a couple years and this is our life so why do we all join the strife that jealousy and hate ignite the people that we strive to be must fight through fake reality but it’s not loud enough to breathe and i’m ignoring the things i don’t wanna see the definition of this world is beyond me and it’s not loud enough to breathe but it’s not loud enough to breathe if i could only ignore what i don’t wanna see the definition of this world is beyond me and it’s not loud enough to breathe

everybody please stop hitting on me i'm not looking for anything you're all too young too old too sexist for me the only one i care about may never need me may never need me so leave me alone i know we both play cool guitars we all drive terrible cars  and we both talk through our problems constantly  inside our heads ‘cause no one's listening that we want to talk to i don't wanna be rude but it's true i'm disassociating from everyone in the room i don't mean to it just happens to me frequently you see it's not like i don't like you it's not that i don't love you all it's not that i don't care at all i just want you to know that you should go and leave me alone i know we both play cool guitars we all drive terrible cars  and we both talk through our problems constantly  inside our heads ‘cause no one's listening that we want to talk to i just want to be alone i just want to be alone please leave me alone

they’re no better but they look so great together i’m no better but whoever makes you happy i wish you the best what misfortune that she loves the man who's in love with the brightest of the land and there’s little hope for her to have a chance oh the irony of not wanting anything or anyone and falling all the same for such a man so go on and court the sunshine queen i know it’s not the end of the world for me if you’re happy just be happy then i’m happy too i’m not but i will be happy for you it’s too real can she stop thinking about his smile and his style and the way that his mouth laughs and talks about things that are everything that she loves that he loves there’s no way she can envy this sunshine queen there’s no reason for her heart to turn bright green with envy yes it simply can’t be justified inside her head she knows their love is fine if it’s true and there’s nothing she can do so go on and court the sunshine queen i know it’s not the end of the world for me if you’re happy just be happy then i’m happy too i’m not but i will be happy for you so go on and court the sunshine queen i know it’s not the end of the world for me if you’re happy please be happy then i’m happy too i’m not but i will try i will try i will try to be happy for you