We’re just the lost boys
Sittin’ round the dusty table
Playin’ with old toys
Wonderin’ if we'll be able
To get a glimpse of
Everything the light shines on
Her skin
My coffin
Your grave
They’re scoffin’
This ain’t a love song
Just a cry up above
From the forgotten boys
Struggling to get out of the mud
A blonde
A diner
An old friend
And a sailor lost at sea
A giant, to tall to see
A chef wanting to meet
The girl in his dreams
And an artist, drowning in streams
All struggling just to breathe
A rotten fast food chain
Where the words were exchanged
About long past mistakes
And the new ones that burn our masts
Wanting to know just what could’ve been
Just wanting to know just how deep’s the sin
You say you want her to be happy
Time’s come to accept where the happiness is from
She wants adventures
And you just want to breathe
She wants fast food stands
And you just want some reprieve
We’re the forgotten few
Some emptied body's
We’ve got a few
We’re not the heroes
Just some funny guys
Trying to find what
Will keep us warm inside
They’ll send us nudes
And hold us through the night
And tell us
In time everything’s alright
But we’re not there
We’re right here
Don’t tell us to wait
Don’t tell us to cheer
We want to feel ok
We want them to stay
But this isn’t the happily ever after
Just the after of our dreams
We’ll be forgotten, but not by each other
We’ll be forgotten, but not by our mothers
We’ll be forgotten, but we’ll know we were there
We’ll be forgotten
We’ll be forgotten
We’ll be alone together
credits
from Around The Bend,
released December 10, 2017
Lyrics by Dante Chambers. Composition and mixing by Kiefer Nemeth.
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