Someone Else's Band

Doing the best I can, playing in someone else's band
Sometimes I write songs, most times I just pretend
I'm in the spotlight again, bowing in front of all your friends
Should have dropped out of college, should have never paid the rent
Worthless degrees and debt
Couldn't change my mind
Honey, I was hellbent

No sense in facing this all alone
No chance of getting out clean
You're fighting tears as you smile at me
The future we'll never see

Is it really all that bad? Is there really so much I don't have?
Constant longing, just beyond your grasp
So bow to their demands and focus in on what's ahead
In the early evening, in the glow of summer's end
As I lay me down to rest, with you by my side
Can you fix my head?

Feel the breeze
See them live their lives with ease
Hear them laughing at you
From their perches in the trees
When your life finally comes to rest in the place you least expect
When the world stops spinning maybe we'll start again

Feel the breeze
Try to put your mind at ease
Hear them laughing at you
From their perches in the trees
When it finally hurts inside, you'll point to each star in the sky
And say "that's mine", and you'll lie, yeah, you'll lie