Local Man Ruins Everything (Nervous Energies)
The fountain was off
This is the first time I've been back to the city in months
I'm trying to hold it together, but irony's found cracks in the foundation
And you know
I tried so hard to be some great white hope
I can't shake the feeling that tonight I'm gonna end up shaking in bed alone
I'm not a self-help book
I'm just a fucked up kid
I tried to take my own advice and I did
Now I'm waiting for it to sink in
Expect me standing tall
Back against the wall
'Cause what I learned was
It's not about forcing happiness
It's about not letting sadness win
I don't have roses in the closet
But I've got pictures in a drawer
It's everything left in me
Not to stare at them anymore
Oh, I walked upstairs and shaved my beard
'Cause I felt like I was holding sadness here
(I was holding sadness here)
I'm not a self-help book
I'm just a fucked up kid
I had to take my own advice and I did
Now I'm waiting for it to sink in
Expect me standing tall
Back against the wall
'Cause what I learned was
It's not about forcing happiness
It's about not letting the sadness win
I don't have roses in the closet
But I've got pictures in a drawer
It's everything left in me
Not to stare at them anymore
I'm not a self-help book
I'm just a fucked up kid
I'm not a self-help book
I'm just a fucked up kid
I'm not a self-help book
I'm just a fucked up kid
I'm not a self-help book
I'm just a fucked up kid
This is the first time I've been back to the city in months
I'm trying to hold it together, but irony's found cracks in the foundation
And you know
I tried so hard to be some great white hope
I can't shake the feeling that tonight I'm gonna end up shaking in bed alone
I'm not a self-help book
I'm just a fucked up kid
I tried to take my own advice and I did
Now I'm waiting for it to sink in
Expect me standing tall
Back against the wall
'Cause what I learned was
It's not about forcing happiness
It's about not letting sadness win
I don't have roses in the closet
But I've got pictures in a drawer
It's everything left in me
Not to stare at them anymore
Oh, I walked upstairs and shaved my beard
'Cause I felt like I was holding sadness here
(I was holding sadness here)
I'm not a self-help book
I'm just a fucked up kid
I had to take my own advice and I did
Now I'm waiting for it to sink in
Expect me standing tall
Back against the wall
'Cause what I learned was
It's not about forcing happiness
It's about not letting the sadness win
I don't have roses in the closet
But I've got pictures in a drawer
It's everything left in me
Not to stare at them anymore
I'm not a self-help book
I'm just a fucked up kid
I'm not a self-help book
I'm just a fucked up kid
I'm not a self-help book
I'm just a fucked up kid
I'm not a self-help book
I'm just a fucked up kid
Credits
Writer(s): Daniel Jason Campbell, Matthew Paul Brasch, Kenneth Alrich Cavaliere, Michael Dominic Kennedy, Joshua James Martin, Nicholas Steinborn
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Link
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