Summer's getting long in the tooth
All of the fears left eschew
Are lined up at the grocery store
They're hiding in an old chest of drawers
There's panic inside of your head
That voice, once almighty, is now left for dead
The arrangement is all up in arms
The entire track sequence felt wrong
Wrapped up in cotton, all my ideas
I miss feeling all those things that I used to feel
The joy of a new day, the promise of dawn
The tears once salting my cheeks are suddenly gone
Carnival day arrived late
Its wild optimism, the gun slinger's prey
You wake to the sound of a bell
In the distance, its emotionless knell
The shadow of people, the lingering doubts
I'm left wondering what the whole myth was about
Cause I don't remember, and I can't recall
I'm left holding the horrible truth of it all
I'm left holding the horrible truth of it all
Time and again you decoyed
And you frittered and wasted the gift you employ
The freedom you once felt escaped
And it's wanted in 17 states
Wrapped up in cotton, all my ideas
I miss feeling all those things that I used to feel
The joy of a new day, the promise of dawn
The tears once salting my cheeks are suddenly gone