September Syndrome

So you're finally going away for real
This one feels like the first time
Crashing at the shore for a week on your own didn't really count
All those people sure were kind

There are well-meaning folks everywhere
Who still won't return your calls
It's not cause they don't like you
You have no way of knowing what might be going on

You know that we love you
Even if it isn't always clear
Keeping in touch isn't easy
But we'll be back within the year

So you're having trouble making friends
First you can't talk, then you tell yourself that you shouldn't even try
You've been out of the loop for so long
You got lucky once-passivity won't get you in with the socialites

You know that we love you
Even if you mess up bad
We can't always answer at 4 am
We don't wanna get stuck wishing we had

I'm not gonna tell you there's nothing to watch out for
Does that really sound like something that I would say?
And I'm not gonna call you if you don't want me to
I hate talking on the phone anyways

We've both made mistakes yeah at times we both blew it
We don't regret anything and we really shouldn't