Brought home another win to my parents
All A's and B's on my report card
They say if I get those B's up to A's
They'll take me out on a weekend next May
To see my favorite band on the radio play
Maybe we'll stop for some root beer floats on the way
It's not a bribe to sell your soul to good grades
It's a reward for just doing your work in the first place
Somewhere out there is an open notebook
Wishing someone would write across all of its pages
I left it out on the open sidewalk
Rain washed away the lines between the words (like this)
I wanna lay on the grass
I wanna look up at the stars, so I can see them looking back
And I'm breaking my mold
I'm gonna throw away these tired chains and I won't do what I'm told
Lift the weight up off your back
Throw it all over the counter
(Hey good looking, I was looking for a home to call ours)
Wine glasses chipped and smashed
This is all you'll ever want
(And all you'll ever need)
I don't want to feel this silence
I don't want to be so quiet
I try everything but everything comes back to me as nothing
I don't want to be forgotten
Left to rot in balls of cotton
So I'll try again and again and again
And again and again and again and again
And again
And I never spoke
I never stood up for myself
I'd fall apart
If questioned beyond my leading words
I was so broke
Had time to kill but no thirst for blood
I was so stoked
To be in the company of real life danger
What are you doing?
(What are you waiting for)
Did I just ask you?
(What are you waiting for)
What did I promise?
(What are you waiting for)
Is this thing still on?
(What are you waiting for)
Don't look at me
And tell me to settle down
I just wanted to stand up
Wanted to find some reason to stand up
But I found nothing,
At least none I can see
Guess ill just fold up
Call my old online friends and just give up
I'll be a star, I'll be invincible
I'll be a star, I'll be invincible
Don't look at me
(I'll be a star, I'll be invincible)
And tell me to settle down
(I'll be a star, I'll be invincible)
I see a star