Smileyface

It's hard to see where you're going
When you're too scared to look at where you've been
And when that blinking red light says I'm low on oxygen
I suddenly forget how to swim

And no, I won't be home in time for dinner
'Cause I'll be hanging out with my friends
Getting high and watching stupid movies
At some point, I stopped caring how they'd end

And there's a kid in high school who's walking home alone
He doesn't want your company, so leave a message at the tone
He won't reach out to touch you, he's too busy with his phone
And though he'd like to think he's got you fooled
He can't make it on his own

I won't try to make any excuses
I'm old enough to know that they're no good
And even though you told me that I shouldn't overthink it
The other guy is saying that I should

And I'll admit I didn't miss that message
The one that I said must have gotten lost
I sat and read the things you said alone inside my car
While waiting for the windows to defrost

And there's a kid in high school who wants to pick a fight
He doesn't have opinions, just a flimsy sense of wrong and right
He's falling out of orbit like a broken satellite
It doesn't take an expert to infer
That he won't make it through the night

And there's a kid in college who's barely getting by
He didn't think he'd get this far, but please don't ask him why
A laundry list of issues he'd be stupid to deny
And I'm no good at helping him move on
But I'll be damned if I don't try