Well, I get nervous before my take outside the club in Silverlake
And there´s no mistaking your perfect practiced innocence
But just start talking

You can see that I´m
Not gonna lie to you

And this folk music´s fucking me up, makes me think I should quit
Maybe I´m just scared of it
Quick hit and a flip of a Zippo
Inhale and your eyes squint
You point at me with the cigarette fingers
Say you´ll find some good shit
In the ruins
But deep down I´m not sold on what we´re doing

Deep down I think you´re seething with ambition
Like everyone else around, you´rе on a mission
To see
Just how many likes that you can get
Get your fingеrs wet

And have the people watch you rub a freeze

Everyone needs to be seen
There´s no growing in the dark
You say it´s just a pose
Well, what´s wrong with a pose?
We all invent ourselves
As we go
So here we go
The same old itch
The air´s meant to protect myself
Took a life on now, and they´re breathing on their own
Some strange personality living up on me that I´ve been trying to ditch
I want things to be perfect, so I put it off
Maybe progress now will do
I´m on the outside, never satisfied

Something´s always missing, so you convinced yourself that you´re beautiful
I mean, look at those hands
You´re all purity
With a splash of (?)

Oh, I want to be
A daring one
No more songs about being cozy and bored
Don´t sing about the suburbs
And how you miss the scent of home
An Elliott Smith clone´s all you´ll be
Amidst all this urgency

And everyone needs to be seen
There´s no growing in the dark
"It´s just a pose"
Well, what´s wrong with a pose?

We all invent ourselves
As we go
So here we go
I´ll look for you outside after the show
I´ll look for you again
And I´ll go with you, ´cause I kinda love you
If I see you again, I think I´m gonna kill you
´Cause we´ll keep doing this
Waiting around for someone who doesn´t want me
To want me
I´ve been looking longingly
At the scene