On the corner of Sunset and Alvarado
Still a mess, but kinda hopefully
Smiling now, because I get the reference
Wondering what I really wanna be

Looking back, it's a funny notion
Everything here that always spoke to me
Thought if I dove in, I’d learn to love the ocean
Instead I'm treading water in the jealousy

Cravin’ a life that looks good on paper
Finding pleasure vicariously
Once upon a time, it wasn’t like this
And I didn't feel the need

And I'm worried if I don’t

Make my move this moment I might never live it down
Wanting to be excitable
Like Warren sang about

But I could never lack the shame
Enough to live that out
The only way
Is letting go
But I just don’t know how

Spring of 2020, and the traffic’s lazy
Oddest feeling drivin’ by The Bowl
Thinkin’ of you, and how you probly saved me
Even if I never made it to a single show

I took a chance and got a cosmic backlash
But for what, I really wouldn't know
Self-obsessed just doesn't seem to cut it
When it took awareness to become so

Sex and drugs and beneficial friendships
Honestly, I've had more than most
Doesn't stop me feeling like a loser
‘Round the cooler, hotter ghosts

God, if I don’t

Make my move this moment
I might never live it down
Wanting to be habitual
Like Chester sang about

But I could never ever
Lack the shame enough to live that out
The only way
Is letting go
But I just don’t know how

Used to wish I could sing about “These Green Mountains”
That made me who I am
But you can’t write ballads ‘bout the Elmore fire tower
‘Cause no one understands

All that seems to matter now
Is getting that applause
And here you can sing about a fucking Whole Foods
And everyone goes off

Along the line, I realized
Real people could do more
But then I lost ‘em when we all pretended
There was something else in store

I guess I wanna be your friend, ‘cause now you’re
All that’s left to help
Your music reminds me of a better time when I'da
Loved it for itself

On the corner of Scott Street and Alvarado
Still depressed, not sure if clinically
Playing catch-up on a dream I wish had
Become lucid before twenty three

Looking up, it's the wrong emotion
At everyone here who still speaks to me
I know it's dumb, but I can't kick the feeling
That they all made it under twenty three

I've heard the sound, and I know it's out there
These endless nights more than they seem
I guess the upside of a lucid nightmare
Is knowing why you scream

But if I don’t

Make my move this moment I might never live it down
Wanting to be the punisher
That Phoebe sings about

I could never, ever, ever, ever
Lack the shame enough to live that out
The only way
Is letting go
But I just don’t know how